Tommy Lee Wallace
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| Born | Thomas George Wallace September 6, 1949 Somerset, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Kyes (m. ? div. ?) |
Tommy Lee Wallace (born September 6, 1949) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Born Thomas Lee Wallace in Somerset, Kentucky to Robert G. Wallace, and his wife Kathleen Wallace. He has one sister, Linda. He grew up in Bowling Green, KY and attended high school at Western Kentucky University teachers training school (aka College High).
[edit] Education
BFA in Design from Ohio University, Athens, OH MFA program in Film production at University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
[edit] Early Film Work
Wallace began to realize his dream of working in the film business in 1976 when he worked as the sound effects editor and art director on Assault on Precinct 13, directed by longtime friend John Carpenter, with whom he had previously worked on 1974's Dark Star, a low budget science fiction comedy that took years to make. In 1978, he served as production designer and co-editor of Halloween, also directed by Carpenter. In 1980, he followed up his work as editor and production designer for Halloween by serving in the same capacity for Carpenter's next theatrical release The Fog. In addition to his duties as editor and production designer, Wallace also appeared in "Halloween" intermittently as The Shape (the masked Michael Myers) and in The Fog as several different ghosts.
[edit] Directorial Debut
For Halloween 2, John Carpenter, serving as composer, and producer, offered the directorial responsibilities to Wallace. After careful deliberation Wallace declined, citing disappointment with the script. Wallace did, however, write and direct the third film Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
[edit] Work Over The Years
Wallace has continued to write and direct. In 1988, he co-wrote and directed the sequel Fright Night II starring Roddy McDowell. In 1990, he served as writer and director of the made-for-television miniseries IT based on the novel by Stephen King. In 2002, he directed Vampires: Los Muertos, a sequel to the 1998 film Vampires directed by John Carpenter.
[edit] Publicity
Interview
- Gorezone Magazine (USA) 1988, Iss. 3, pg. 44-47, by: Marc Shapiro, "Tommy Lee Wallace Leaves the Carpenter Nest"
[edit] Personal life
Wallace is also credited as 'Tommy L. Wallace', 'Tommy Wallace' and 'Tom Wallace'. He is divorced from actress Nancy Kyes aka Nancy Loomis who appeared as Annie in Halloween and Halloween II and as Mrs. Challis in Halloween III. Together, they have two daughters.
[edit] Directed films
- Darkhorse (2008)
- Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
- Final Justice (1998)
- The Spree (1998)
- Steel Chariots (1997)
- Once You Meet a Stranger (1996)
- Flipper (1995)
- Green Dolphin Beat (1994)
- Witness to the Execution (1994)
- Danger Island (1992)
- The Comrades of Summer (1992)
- And The Sea Will Tell (1991)
- It (1990)
- Baywatch (1989)
- Cruise Ship (TV episode)
- CBS Summer Playhouse (1989)
- Outpost (TV episode)
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
- Aloha Summer (1988)
- Tour of Duty (1987)
- Max Headroom (1987)
- The Blanks (TV episode)
- Security Systems (TV episode)
- The Twilight Zone (1985-1986)
- The Leprechaun-Artist/Dead Run (TV episode) (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")
- Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers (TV episode) (segment "Little Boy Lost")
- Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon (TV episode) (segment "Dreams for Sale")
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
[edit] Awards
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1981 | Nominated | Saturn Award | Best Special Effects for The Fog Shared with: Richard Albain James F. Liles |
| 1991 | Won | ACE Award | Writing a Movie or Miniseries for El Diablo Shared with: John Carpenter Bill Phillips |
| 1989 | Nominated | International Fantasy Film Award | Best Film for Fright Night Part 2 |
