Education
Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire AB 1965
School of Law, New York University New York, New York JD 1968
Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame Award "The Sting" 1997
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or "Taxi Driver" 1976
Oscar Best Picture "The Sting" 1973
1984 Had critical success as producer of Garry Marshall's nostalgia-laden "The Flamingo Kid"
1982 Solo producing credit on "Cannery Row"
1977 Served as a producer on Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
1976 Co-produced Martin Scorsese's acclaimed "Taxi Driver"
1973 Co-produced first feature, "Steelyard Blues"
1973 Had box-office success with the Oscar-winning "The Sting"
1970 Formed Bill/Phillips production company with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill
1968 - 1970 Worked as a securities analyst in NYC