Film agency North East Screen helped with the filming of both 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple.
It said in the last three years, film production in the North East had jumped up 131%, making it one of the fastest growing film hubs in the UK.
Gayle Woodruffe, operations director at North East Screen, said the shoots had helped put the region “on the map as a place to come and film”.
“It’s raised our ambitions and it’s certainly raised the number of inquiries we’ve been getting regarding filming as people will have seen that 28 Years Later was shot here,” he said.
The Bone Temple was released in cinemas on Wednesday with Williams calling it the “scariest” one yet.
Looking forward, he said: “This is a career I want to continue, why wouldn’t I?
“You know I want to be at award ceremonies, I want an Oscar, a BAFTA, I want it all!”