Will Packer (born April 11, 1974) is a film producer. He is the founder of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media. He was named the Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg. He graduated magna cum laude from FAMU with a BS in Electrical Engineering. It was at FAMU that he started filmmaking with a colleague and future business partner Rob Hardy. He and Hardy produced their first film, Chocolate City for $20,000 and he helped broker a small distribution deal. He and Hardy co-founded Rainforest Films. He and Hardy's vision was to make films that would appeal to black audiences who hadn't seen genre films starring people like themselves. He launched Will Packer Productions. He signed a two-year deal with Universal Television to develop new projects for the studio. He signed a three-year deal with Universal Pictures. Packer-produced films under the Will Packer Productions banner include #1 box office openers Ride Along 2, No Good Deed, Think Like a Man Too, Little, Night School, What Men Want, along with The Wedding Ringer and Girls Trip. He served as executive producer on the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and mini-series Roots. He launched Will Packer Media, a branded content and digital production company, in partnership with Discovery Communications and Universal Pictures. The company acquired digital ad firm Narrative_ to serve as the new venture's branded content arm, WP Narrative. Will Packer Media acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole. Will Packer Media projects include the television series Ambitions and Ready to Love, Power Star Live, a 30-minute live series for Twitter, and the digital series The Baxters, produced for the LightWorkers platform. The company's WP Narrative_ division was a Webby Award Winner and 10th Annual Shorty Award winner for its work producing the video short #TakeAKnee. WP Narrative was honored for its #BackedByAxe campaign created for Billions, winning the Clio Entertainment Awards, 10th Annual Shorty Awards, and 2018 D&AD Awards. Central Ave, an entertainment magazine series, debuted on November 4, 2019. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha https://www.instagram.com/p/CcNdZowrHRW_e4D6IaDIVbS4XfvJv3per9dRuw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
