William Fruet is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 film and television director, playwright and screenwriter, best known for co-writing, with Donald Shebib

Donald Shebib

Donald Shebib , often called Don Shebib, is a Canadian film director, writer, producer and editor. He gained prominence and critical acclaim in Canadian cinema for his 1970 movie Goin' Down the Road. The company travelled around Toronto in a station wagon and was supported by CFDC funding...

, the influential Canadian film Goin' Down the Road

Goin' Down the Road

Goin' Down the Road is a 1970 Canadian film directed by Donald Shebib and released in 1970. It chronicles the lives of two men from the Maritimes who move to Toronto in order to find a better life. It starred Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley, Jayne Eastwood and Cayle Chernin...

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His later screenwriting credits include Rip-Off, Wedding in White

Wedding in White

Wedding in White is a Canadian drama film, released in 1972. The film was written and directed by William Fruet, based on his earlier play.-Synopsis:...

, Slipstream

Slipstream (1973 film)

Slipstream is a Canadian drama film, released in 1973. Directed by David Acomba and written by William Fruet, it won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1973.-Synopsis:...

, Death Weekend

Death Weekend

Death Weekend is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film. It stars Brenda Vaccaro and Don Stroud and was one of the first films from Canadian director William Fruet...

, Spasms

Spasms

-Plot:Jason Kincaid has this massive serpent captured and brought to the US because it killed his brother and he now shares some kind of psychic link with it...

and Imaginary Playmate, while his film directing credits include Wedding in White, Death Weekend, Spasms, Search and Destroy, Killer Party

Killer Party

Killer Party is a horror film released in 1986. The movie was directed by William Fruet.-Plot:Three friends are trying to get into a sorority. One of them, Vivia , plays a prank on the girls in the sorority on the night of the initiation...

, Cries in the Night and Bedroom Eyes. Wedding in White was an adaptation of his own earlier stage play.

His television credits include episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theatre, My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...

, Diamonds

Diamonds (TV series)

Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators...

, Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...

, Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication....

, War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds (TV series)

War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...

, Counterstrike

Counterstrike (TV series)

Counterstrike is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC in 1969.The series starred Jon Finch as an alien living on Earth as a human named Simon King. He was assigned to live there to prevent an alien invasion of the planet....

, The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)

The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...

, Goosebumps

Goosebumps (TV series)

Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...

, Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...

, The Zack Files

The Zack Files

The Zack Files is a science fiction television program that revolves around a young boy, played by Robert Clark, who is a magnet for paranormal activity and attends Horace White High School for Boys along with his three friends Cam, Gwen, and Spencer. Zack manages to get himself into trouble with...

, Da Vinci's Inquest

Da Vinci's Inquest

Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....

, Chasing Rainbows, Code Name: Eternity

Code Name: Eternity

Code Name: Eternity is a Canadian science fiction series that ran for 26 episodes starting in 1999. It was later shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States....

and Zoe Busiek: Wild Card.

Prior to his career as a writer and director, Fruet also had an acting role in the 1963 film Drylanders

Drylanders

Drylanders is a 1963 Canadian film directed by Don Haldane from a screenplay by M. Charles Cohen. It was the National Film Board of Canada’s first English-language feature film.-Synopsis:...

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