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Cornell Willis

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Actor
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Cornell Willis
Cornell Willis is known for Captain America: Civil War (2016), Solace (2015) and Taken 3 (2014).
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    Known for

    Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: Civil War (2016)
    Captain America: Civil War
    7.8
    • Additional Crew
    • 2016
    Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell in Solace (2015)
    Solace
    6.4
    • Additional Crew
    • 2015
    Liam Neeson in Taken 3 (2014)
    Taken 3
    6.0
    • Additional Crew
    • 2014
    Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
    4.4
    • Additional Crew
    • 2011

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Samuel L. Jackson in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024)
      Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2024
    • BMF (2021)
      BMF
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second second assistant director
      • 2021–2024
    • Olivia Rose Keegan, Fallon Smythe, Navia Robinson, Oscar Morgan, and Tyler DiChiara in Gotham Knights (2023)
      Gotham Knights
      5.3
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2023
    • Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, and Rachel Ann Kearns in Monarch (2022)
      Monarch
      4.6
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving in The Valet (2022)
      The Valet
      6.7
      • second second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)
      MacGyver
      5.5
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2016–2020
    • Bolden (2019)
      Bolden
      5.6
      • second second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Grant Show, Daniella Alonso, Robert Christopher Riley, Elizabeth Gillies, Rafael de la Fuente, and Sam Adegoke in Dynasty (2017)
      Dynasty
      7.2
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Cheryl Hines, Kathryn Hahn, and Phil Pierce in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
      A Bad Moms Christmas
      5.6
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James in Shots Fired (2017)
      Shots Fired
      6.7
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Daniel Gillies, Joseph Morgan, Charles Michael Davis, and Claire Holt in The Originals (2013)
      The Originals
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Yolanda Robinson in Greenleaf (2016)
      Greenleaf
      7.5
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)
      The Vampire Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2014–2016

    Additional Crew

    • Joe Alwyn in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
      Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
      6.2
      • key set production assistant jumbotron unit (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Yolanda Robinson in Greenleaf (2016)
      Greenleaf
      7.5
      TV Series
      • key set production assistant
      • 2016
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: Civil War (2016)
      Captain America: Civil War
      7.8
      • set production assistant
      • 2016
    • Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)
      The Vampire Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2013–2016
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell in Solace (2015)
      Solace
      6.4
      • key set production assistant
      • 2015
    • Liam Neeson in Taken 3 (2014)
      Taken 3
      6.0
      • set production assistant
      • 2014
    • Daniel Gillies, Joseph Morgan, Charles Michael Davis, and Claire Holt in The Originals (2013)
      The Originals
      8.2
      TV Series
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
      Halt and Catch Fire
      8.4
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2014–2017
    • Bryan Greenberg and Stephanie Sigman in The Arrangement (2013)
      The Arrangement
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 2013
    • Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in Graceland (2013)
      Graceland
      7.6
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2013
    • Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Koby Rouviere in Magic City (2012)
      Magic City
      7.6
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2013
    • Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, and Jeffrey Donovan in Burn Notice (2007)
      Burn Notice
      8.0
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2010–2012
    • Larry the Cable Guy and Brady Reiter in Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)
      Tooth Fairy 2
      3.7
      Video
      • set production assistant
      • 2012
    • The Finder (2012)
      The Finder
      7.7
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2012

    Actor

    • Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)
      The Vampire Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Van Traveler (as Cornell Austin Willis)
      • 2014
    • Corpses Are Forever (2004)
      Corpses Are Forever
      2.1
      Video
      • Zombie
      • 2004

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Cornell Austin Willis

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    • Trivia
      Has an identical twin brother who is also an Assistant Director.

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