Curtis Williams has worked as an advertising photographer, film producer, and director. However, his true love is design and photography, a field in which he has accumulated more than thirty years of experience.
As a professional he was in demand in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles with a list of advertising agencies such as Young and Rublicam, as well as Grey, Foote, Cone & Belding. He spent twenty years in Europe and worked in Sweden, Germany, Italy, England, France, and Spain.
His clients include Vogue, Elle Magazine, Marie-Claire magazine, Damernas Varld (Sweden), Ladies Home Journal, Viva Magazines. General Foods, United Negro College Fund, Clairol Hair Products, and many others.
Today he is the Publisher, Executive Editor, Art Director, and Photographer of the exciting, upscale magazine "Melrose Heights Magazine."
>His "angel" asked only that the young phenom uses his talents to encourage others. He has never lost sight of that first commitment. He has also produced an autobiographical film project entitled Born Rich--The World of Curtis Williams, juxtaposing the wealth of diverse experiences with the many personal obstacles he has faced along the way.
>Currently Williams combines his marketing and creative talents as publisher, executive editor, art director, and photographer-in-chief of Melrose Heights Magazine, "an upscale and truly original magazine." The publication weaves a rich tapestry of culture, information, and the arts, and seeks to create a better world by drawing people together around the stories of people who are involved, inspired, and trying to make a difference. He is a quiet friend of many representing a wide range of experience--from director of the Harvard Foundation, Dr Allen Counter, to Quincey Jones, to Debbie Allen, Diane Baker, and so many others.
By James Koenig, opera singer, arts advocate, writer, film festival director