{"id":1491,"date":"2023-11-24T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/?page_id=1491"},"modified":"2023-11-24T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:23:20","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1491\" class=\"elementor elementor-1491\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9d4b1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9d4b1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebd0fc3\" data-id=\"ebd0fc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8432b8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8432b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BW_madscientist-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BW_madscientist-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BW_madscientist-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BW_madscientist-1024x682-1-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BW_madscientist-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01423d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01423d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Bill Whirity was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and studied Directing and Screenwriting at Columbia College where he earned his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Film and Television.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to Los Angeles, Whirity began sneaking into classes at the American Film Institute. During that time he shot his unofficial \u201cthesis film,\u201d an 80s Amblin style short about a boy inventor entitled \u201cThe MisInventions of Milo Weatherby\u201d which went on to play at festivals all over the globe, earning a few awards along the way.<\/p>\n<p>His recent productions include the ultra-short horror film \u201cSemblance,\u201d the first episode of the AwesomenessTV Halloween series \u201cFlhaunt,\u201d and most recently his short film \u201cPrey\u201d was selected as a Fresh Blood pick for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211218110534\/https:\/\/www.bloodlist.com\/the-lists\/2019-bloodlist\/\">2019\u2019s BloodList XI<\/a>.<\/p><p>He is currently in pre-production for his horror feature &#8220;Let Them Die&#8221; set to begin filming in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Whirity currently resides in Los Angeles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Whirity was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and studied Directing and Screenwriting at Columbia College where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1601,"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491\/revisions\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billwhirity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}