Will Wallace is an American film director and actor. He directed ''

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'', '' Red Wing'', and '' Cake: A Wedding Story''.

Early life

Wallace graduated from

Kent School Kent School is a private, co-educational, college preparatory boarding school in Kent, Connecticut, United States. Frederick Herbert Sill established the school in 1906. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church of the United States. Acade ...

in 1984.

Career

As an actor, Will Wallace received his first role playing a flight attendant opposite of Shirley MacLaine in

The Evening Star ''The Evening Star'' is a 1996 American comedy-drama film. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film ''Terms of Endearment'' starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway, for which she won an Oscar in the origin ...

in 1996. He had a number of guest starring in television hits, such as,

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in 1998 where he played Barry. The following year he was cast in

Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American action drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bo ...

in 1999 where he played Sam. That same year he was cast as Lieutenant Chadway in Pensacola: Wings of Gold. In 1998, Will booked the role of Private Hoke in Terrance Malick’s film,

The Thin Red Line (1998 film) ''The Thin Red Line'' is a 1998 American epic war film written and directed by Terrence Malick. It is the second screen adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by James Jones, following the 1964 film. Telling a fictionalized version of ...

. In 2001, Will played Bill Carpenter, husband to Laura Dern’s character Randy in the heartfelt movie

I Am Sam ''I Am Sam'' (stylized i am sam) is a 2001 American comedy film co-written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with an intellectual disability, Dakota Fanning as his bright and inquisitive daughter, and Michelle ...

. In 2013, Will Wallace produced and directed a unique love story, '' Red Wing'', which was an adaptation from the French novella ''François le Champi'' by

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. It is set in a small town in Texas. In the film, a young boy is taken in by a foster family and grows up to fall in love with his foster mother. The film has a number of critically acclaimed actors from

Luke Perry Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He ...

Frances Fisher Frances Louise Fisher (born May 11, 1952) is a British-born American actress. She began her career in theatre and later starred as record executive Suzette 'Red' Saxon in the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Guiding Light'' (1985). In film, she is ...

Bill Paxton William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and filmmaker. He appeared in films such as '' Weird Science'' (1985), ''Aliens'' (1986), '' Near Dark'' (1987), '' Tombstone'' (1993), ''True Lies'' (1994), '' Apollo 1 ...

, and a young

Glen Powell Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career with guest roles on television and small roles in films such as ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012) and '' The Expendables 3'' (2014) before making his breakth ...

. It was released by Warner Brothers and is currently available On Demand. Wallace was awarded the first Key to the City of Corsicana, TX by Mayor Don Denbow on Oct 18, 2018 after producing the film ''

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'' in the city.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Will American film directors Kent School alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)