William J. Stribling (director, screenwriter, producer) is the director of the award-winning films Bear with Us, Down in Flames: the True Story of Tony "Volcano" Valenci, Lies I Told My Little Sister, Beyond Belief, and Break A Leg, all of which enjoyed successful film festival runs. Bear with Us, which he co-wrote and co-produced with Russ Nickel, spent a year garnering awards on the festival circuit before securing distribution with Comedy Dynamics in 2017. Bear with Us stars Christy Carlson Romano and Cheyenne Jackson.In 2017 Stribling and Nickel co-created a series for Adaptive Studios called Stellar People starring Danny Tamberelli and The Daily Show's Rory Albanese.Stribling's first feature film, Lies I Told My Little Sister, was a "Geena Davis Selection" from her inaugural Bentonville Film Festival and subsequently released on DVD and streaming by ARC Entertainment.William, who works and resides in Los Angeles, recently directed the popular YouTube series Edgar Allen Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, produced by Shipwrecked Comedy.Stribling has 2 feature films slated for production in the next year with RBF Productions. He also works closely with the Latinx band Making Movies as a music video director and creative consultant.In 2020, Stribling's science fiction/action/comedy short film "The Speed of Time" was released on DUST. The film stars John Hennigan (WWE star) and Sean Marquette (ABC's The Goldbergs).Stribling is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts with degrees in Film & TV Production and Dramatic Literature. He also holds a Masters Degree in screenwriting from Chapman University. Show less «