Bill McKnight

Director at Disney

Bill McKnight has served as a Director at KABC-TV/The Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles from 1975 to the present. His extensive career in television includes directing award pre-shows for prestigious events such as the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, and American Music Awards, among others. Bill McKnight held director roles at ABC-TV from 1975 to 2000 and served as a director and announcer for AFTRA between 1973 and 1976. Additional directing positions include KTVU-TV, KPIX-TV, and WXIA-TV. Bill McKnight also acted as a director for the Screen Actors Guild from 1984 to 1989 and worked in a financial capacity as a Margin Clerk for Courts and Company from 1968 to 1969. Educational background includes attendance at Valdosta State University and College Park High School in Georgia. Bill McKnight participated in hosting a Super Bowl Pool in Los Angeles from 1982 to 2017.

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The Walt Disney Company (Disney) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. Together with its subsidiaries, The Walt Disney Company is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in the following business segments: Media Networks; Parks, Experiences and Products; Studio Entertainment; and Direct-to-Consumer & International. In October 2020, the Company announced a strategic reorganization of their media and entertainment businesses to accelerate the growth of their direct-to-consumer strategy. The operations of the Media Networks, Studio Entertainment and DTCI segments were reorganized into four groups: three content groups (Studios, General Entertainment and Sports), which are focused on developing and producing content that will be used across all of their traditional and DTC platforms and a distribution group, which is focused on distribution and commercialization activities across these platforms and which has full accountability for media and entertainment operating results globally. The Walt Disney Company entertains, informs and inspires people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling, reflecting the iconic brands, creative minds and innovative technologies families have come to love for over 90 years. Key People are James Gorman (Chairman), Bob Iger (CEO), Susan Arnold (Chairwoman - ESPN), John Nallen COO, Dana Walden VP, Alan Bergman VP, James Pitaro VP, Hugh Johnston (CFO) and Asad Ayaz (Chief Brand Officer). Viet Dinh (Chief Legal Officer, Tommy Lee VP at PBS (now part of Disney), Susan Arnold VP, Luke Kang VP Global Operations, John Gelke VP Global Sales, Henry Tang Group Executive Operations, J Young Group Executive Growth, Gerard Devan Group Executive APAC, Stephanie Gruber Group Executive EMEA, Hal Winkler VP Television, Christopher Greavu Group Executive Sales Afriaca, Kylie Watson Wheeler VP ANZ, Tony Chambers Group Executive Europe and Susan Waller Group Executive Americas.