About Me

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
I have been blessed to work in the film business now for 35 years. Having worked on some of the most award winning television shows and films this country has ever produced. I am truly a very lucky man.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

WallyWood's New Blog!

Well this blogging is a new thing for me. First I guess I should tell you a little about myself. I grew up in Miami, Florida when that town was a greatest place a boy could grow up. Before the cocaine wars took over that beautiful city and turned it into a city of crime, death and destruction.

After graduating from Miami Senior High School in 1963 I attended the Florida Bible College with a tremendous desire to help young teenagers and people in general. After many, many meeting with the president of the college who told me I was not going to run the school I decided to move on to Mississippi College where I could run things my way. Little did I realize that while the president of Florida Bible College was reprimanding
me he was getting a little action under his desk by his secretary. This taught me at a very young age to never take my eye off of The Lord because humans will most definitely let you down big time.

While traveling around the country I always towed my stock car racing various circle tracks across the country. What I would not give to have that two door 57 Chevy in my garage today.

I majored in psychology and minored in education. Some call me a "Life Coach" though I have never made a dime off of giving people advise. They never listen anyway. I have been a high school speech teacher, motivational speaker, airline ramp agent, stock car racer, high performance offshore boat racer and just an average guy who loves life and really nice people. My love of racing brought me into the film biz many years ago.

The picture business has been my life for about 34 years now. I started as a film extra and worked my way right up through the Screen Actors Guild to the Directors Guild of America. Having founded the Professional Drivers Association we have provided some of the finest stunt drivers to the commercial, film and television industry.

Before the film business, as I stated I was a school teacher at the junior high level teaching speech and racing stock cars on the weekends. Whatever speaking ability I have it has taken me all over the country giving public speeches to corporations, schools, and youth groups on Hollywood Magic and Driving Safety.

My love for the water and Miami made me buy an Offshore power boat which brought me the championship in 1984, racing my 32 ft. Scarab called "BLACK GOLD" to victory has been one of the highlights of my life. Well no more boats

I started out as a commercial driver with the famous Tom Anthony Precision Driving Team, over 25 years ago. Logging over 2000 car commercials and thousands of hours behind the wheel in front of camera I have moved on to coordinating and directing. What a life doubling for the industries finest race car drivers, AJ Foyt and Johnny Rutherford taught me a wealth of knowledge about stunt driving.

Three years ago I had the privilege to be asked by the California Highway Patrol's, elite driving team to be a part of their high performance driving team across California as their strategic maneuver instructor.

So that's enough about me and let's get on to the business at hand. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, fine cigars, fine women, my television shows, films I am working on and life's lessons in general. Good Day!