The Biography

William Atticus Parker is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, producer, and actor. At twenty-two, he has written and directed two independent feature films. His debut feature, Forty Winks, starting Justin Marcel McManus, John Turturro and Susan Sarandon, released in 2022. His second feature, Atrabilious, starring Leon Addison Brown, Jeffrey Wright, and Whoopi Goldberg was released in 2025. Parker’s next film, The Auction, starring Raúl Castillo and Mary-Louise Parker, is set to shoot in 2026. As an actor, he has appeared in The Gray House directed by Roland Joffé, The Best Is Yet to Come with Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck, and will next be seen in Their Town.