Will Packer has produced more than 30 features including big-screen hit comedies such as Think Like a Man, Ride Along, Think Like a Man Too, The Wedding Ringer, Girls Trip, Night School, What Men Want and Little.
14 Facts About Will Packer
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Will Packer produced and oversaw the company's studio-financed and self-financed films and distribution projects.
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In 2001, Will Packer helped broker a deal with Sony to produce and distribute urban films including Troiss sequel, Trois: The Escort, and Motives.
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Will Packer served as executive producer on NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and on 2016 television mini-series Roots.
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Will Packer has produced the comedies Night School, starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, What Men Want, starring Taraji P Henson, and Little, starring Marsai Martin and Regina Hall, The Photograph, starring Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield, and Beast, starring Idris Elba.
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In 2018, Will Packer Media acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole.
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Will Packer Media produces episodic scripted and unscripted series across television and digital platforms, as well as content for brand clients and short-form digital content for millennial audiences.
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Will Packer Media produces scripted and unscripted podcasts with iHeart Media including Fight Night and The Lower Bottoms.
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Will Packer served as the executive producer of the remake of Roots, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination.
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Will Packer was named the Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards which aired on March 27,2022.
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Will Packer later tweeted that it was "a very painful moment for me".
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Variety reported that Will Packer "was the key to Smith remaining in his seat".
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Will Packer is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Will Packer proposed to his fiance Heather Hayslett live on stage at the 2013 Essence Music Festival.