W.W.VOUGHT

The spiral started in 1964 when Bill flunked kindergarten. According to Miss Schilling, Billy failed to contribute worthwhile ideas, relax during quiet periods, keep his hand and feet to himself, listen to and follow directions, talk softly, listen without interrupting, accept responsibility, sing on key, and remember his street and house number. Miss Schilling also felt Billy was much too interested in violent television shows

After watching the movie, The Longest Day, Bill received permission from his sixth grade teacher to put on a play. Two weeks later, both the fifth and sixth grade classes went to the gym to watch Bill's production of the Normandy Invasion.  Ten minutes after the curtain opened, the play was stopped.  It seems the teachers felt playing guns on the stage didn't add up to good theatre, but the guys all agreed it was the coolest play they were ever in.

In 1997, Bill was meeting one-on-one with Steven Spielberg to discuss Bill's World War II script entitled When Trumpets Fade.  One year later, When Trumpets Fade aired as an HBO Original Movie starring Ron Eldard, Frank Whaley and Dwight Yoakam.

Since that time, Bill has worked for DreamWorks, Disney, Sony, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios.  Among the people he has worked for are Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Arnold Kopelson.

In 1999, Bill went to work for Steven Bochco on the CBS series entitled City of Angels, breaking into the television end of the business for the first time.  Two years later, Bill created, wrote and co-executive produced Sam's Circus, a CBS series pilot shot in England.
 
Bill has recently signed a deal with Sony Television to develop and write a series pilot.  Currently Bill's production company Come Ride The Dark Horse produced Johnny Virus which Bill wrote, and is his directorial debut.

Currently Bill is in pre-production on Deprived, a movie he wrote and will direct.

  
PATRICIA M. HELLER

Patricia Heller was born and  raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  She has degrees in Communication and Mass Communication with a minor in Theatre from the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  After working in the business world in Milwaukee and Chicago for a number of years, she decided to pursue an acting career on a full time basis in the early 1990’s.

Heller pursued this career in Theatre in the great theatre town of Chicago.  That is where she met and married William Vought.  At the time they decided to marry, Vought was a not yet a produced writer.  Heller has been on board as a team member with Vought in brain storming, dreaming and now finally producing their first feature film, Johnny Virus. 

In February of 2005, they teamed up with Gulch Entertainment, and successfully got Johnny Virus in the can on time and on budget.  Patricia serves as an Executive Producer and also plays the role of Franziska in the film.

Bill and Patricia together, have developed the company Come Ride The Dark Horse, and look forward to many more projects being produced under this name.
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