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b'Orian Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Houston, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University, Orian moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990\\u2019s\\xa0.\\xa0After a few years as a successful producer of commercials, Orian formed a fortuitous alliance with the director E. Elias Merhige, whose work Orian was an early champion of after seeing his acclaimed University thesis feature film BEGOTTEN.\\xa0Williams first film was to set up SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE the Academy Award nominated film starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich at Saturn Films, Nicolas Cage\\u2019s production company directed by Merhige.\\xa0In 2004 Orian secured the rights to the book \\u201cTouching from a Distance,\\u201d a biography based on the life of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band Joy Division, written by Ian\\u2019s widow, Deborah Curtis. Ian committed suicide in 1980 just 2 days before the bands first American tour and reformed under the name New Order. The highly regarded photographer/video director Anton Corbijn,\\xa0directed and was his first feature film.\\xa0CONTROL stars Sam Riley as Ian Curtis, Samantha Morton and Alexandra Maria Lara. CONTROL had its world premiere in Cannes 2007 opening the Director\\u2019s Fortnight and came away with 3 awards including Best European Film and 4 BAFTA nominations including one win for writer and 10 BIFA nominations with 5 wins including Best Picture.\\xa0Orian then set his eyes on Jack Kerouac, producing two films about his life, a documentary about the book\\xa0\\u2018Big Sur\\u2019 then the feature film BIG SUR Written and Directed by Michael Polish, BIG SUR stars, Jean Marc Barr as Kerouac and Josh Lucas as Neal Cassady, Kate Bosworth, Radha Mitchell and Henry Thomas also star.\\xa0Currently Orian is producing WONDERLAND AVENUE with David Fincher, which focuses on\\xa0Danny Sugerman and his young life in Los Angeles in the 1960\\u2019s,\\xa0Fred Durst will direct, set up at New\\xa0Regency.'