Career
He was the producer of the television series Home Improvement and films such as What Women Want, and has written for The Cosby Show and A Different World as well as writing the screenplay for Wild Hearts Can"t Be Broken. Williams briefly worked as a producer on the first season of the television series Roseanne. Additionally, he has written the play "Between Daylight and Boonville", and directed and co-produced the feature film Where the Heart Is starring Natalie Portman.
He also wrote and directed Walker Payne in 2006, starring Jason Patric, Drea de Matteo, and Sam Shepard.
Williams is originally from Evansville, Indiana.