Wallace, Randall

He began writing stories at the age of seven. After high school, he graduated from Duke University in Durham , North Carolina , USA , where he studied Russian philology and language, theology, was a member of the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha . A year later, he graduated from the martial arts seminar. Winner of the black belt in karate .

He moved to Los Angeles , where he took up literary work, began writing stories, novels and screenplays for films. In Hollywood I tried myself in singing and writing songs. For several months in a new place he managed to become a producer and screenwriter for Stephen J. Cannell Productions Stephen Kennel .

In both of these statuses, he began working on the short JJ Starbuck series with Dale Robertson, Sonny Spoon with Mario Van Peebles and Psycho Police with Don S. Davis.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he wrote scripts for television.

He is the author of 16 scenarios, as the director shot 5 films.

During a trip to Edinburgh, the American producer “met” the story of William Wallace , the legendary national hero who led the rebellion against English domination under King Edward Long-legged. After studying the material about the rebel, the script of the film “ Braveheart ” appeared. The work attracted the attention of Mel Gibson , who became the director and the main star of the biographical action. Randall's script was greeted by the praise of film critics, the delight of the audience. In 1995, Braveheart was nominated for 10 Academy Award nominations and won 5 of them, including awards for the best film of 1995, for best makeup, directing, operator work and sound effects.

In 1995, Randall Wallace was awarded the Guild of American Writers Award for the best original screenplay ( English Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay ).

When filming a remake of the historical film “The Man in the Iron Mask” (1998), Wallace himself acted as a director, taking on the role of King Louis XIV actor Leonardo DiCaprio .

He made several films about the Second World War. He wrote a story about two pilots who are in love with one woman. The Disney film “ Pearl Harbor ” was taken down by director Michael Bay , while the main roles went to Ben Affleck , Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale . Despite the difficulties encountered during the filming, including the skirmish of the screenwriter and the director, the film was one of the most anticipated projects of 2001, having collected in the end nearly 450 million dollars.

Keeping his sentiment on military themes, Wallace, as a director, began filming the historic action movie " We were Soldiers " with Mel Gibson .

Randall's most recent work is the screenplay and direction of the 2009 The Mercenary: Love and Honor melodrama, the film “The Secretariat Secretariat” 2010 (in the Russian boxing “ Champion ”), and also co-wrote the script for the fantastic movie “Horse 20 000 li Underwater: Captain Nemo ”and the drama“ Atlas Shrugged ”with Charlize Theron , both 2011,“ Heaven for Real ”2014

• Braveheart (script)
• Dark Angel (script)
• The man in the iron mask (script, direction)
• Pearl Harbor (script)
• We were soldiers (screenplay, direction)
• The Rookie
• Champion (script, direction)

R. Wallace is the author of seven novels published by The New York Times and words to the famous lyric soundtrack to the music of N. Glenny-Smith “Mansions of the Lord”, originally written for the film “ We were Soldiers ” and performed at the official funeral ceremony US President Ronald Reagan in 2004

In 2008, Wallace wrote several songs with the singer and songwriter Richard Marx . One of these songs , Flame In Your Fire, appeared in Marx's Emotional Remains album.

• Wallace, Randall (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database