Bill Lane

In his almost 10,000 days at the J. Walter Thompson Company, Bill Lane became one of the most decorated copywriters of his time – winning dozens of awards for his work on Kodak (Times of Your Life), Ford (Have You Driven a Ford…Lately?), Sprint and Northwest Airlines (Some People Just Know How to Fly).

Over time, he held Creative Director positions in the New York, Detroit, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices of JWT. He served as General Manager of both San Francisco and Los Angeles and was a member of Thompson’s worldwide board of directors during the fateful, final days of J. Walter Thompson as an independent company.

He is an ASCAP songwriter, published photographer and lives at the foot of the Hollywood Hills.