Donald Wrye

젊고, 아름답고, 뛰어난 재능을 가진 알렉스 윈스톤은 피켜 스케이팅 스타를 꿈꾸며 도시로 온다. 그러나 스타가 되는 것은 쉽지만은 않다. 그녀는 끊임없이 스스로 노력해야하고, 모든 고통을 참아야하며, 고향에 남자친구와 떨어져 있어야만 한다. 게다가 그녀는 불의의 사고로 점점 시력을 잃어간다. 이제 진정 그녀를 다시 일으키기 위해서는 강한 믿음만이 필요하다. 좌절한 그녀에게 용기를 준 남자친구 그녀는 사랑을 위하여, 다시 스케이트를 타고 꿈과 희망을 향해 새로운 도전을 하는데...

젊고, 아름답고, 뛰어난 재능을 가진 알렉스 윈스톤은 피켜 스케이팅 스타를 꿈꾸며 도시로 온다. 그러나 스타가 되는 것은 쉽지만은 않다. 그녀는 끊임없이 스스로 노력해야하고, 모든 고통을 참아야하며, 고향에 남자친구와 떨어져 있어야만 한다. 게다가 그녀는 불의의 사고로 점점 시력을 잃어간다. 이제 진정 그녀를 다시 일으키기 위해서는 강한 믿음만이 필요하다. 좌절한 그녀에게 용기를 준 남자친구 그녀는 사랑을 위하여, 다시 스케이트를 타고 꿈과 희망을 향해 새로운 도전을 하는데...

Emma Norman spends a wild Spring break holiday on Mintners Cove beach, California, with her female friends, Lori, who seeks a new fling and academic Stefanie. There, slick stud Greg Vlasi gives them a good time and shoots video of them on beach and yacht (possibly drugged and/or drunk). The video is doctored and released onto the internet as porn distributed by Nick Bronson in LA. Soon Emma's promising career as Minneapolis school teacher is over. Her fireman fiancé David in home small-town Prairie dumps her, even her dad's firm gets boycotted.

Emma Norman spends a wild Spring break holiday on Mintners Cove beach, California, with her female friends, Lori, who seeks a new fling and academic Stefanie. There, slick stud Greg Vlasi gives them a good time and shoots video of them on beach and yacht (possibly drugged and/or drunk). The video is doctored and released onto the internet as porn distributed by Nick Bronson in LA. Soon Emma's promising career as Minneapolis school teacher is over. Her fireman fiancé David in home small-town Prairie dumps her, even her dad's firm gets boycotted.

A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.

When Donielle is just eight years old and attending her best friend's funeral she has a vision that her friend was murdered by his father. No one believes her and she is disowned by her mother. Years later and now a mother herself she drifts from town to town and they finally settle in a town that is in the grips of a serial killer.Only Donielle can "see" who the killer is and after he threatens her daughter she knows she must face him down. Based on actual events.

A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However, her need for an adrenaline high is overpowering and she becomes a gambling addict.

Local Neo-Nazi thugs, financed by an outside racist attempt to create an atmosphere of fear in a small Montana community by intimidating black churchgoers, and Native American and Jewish residents.

Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.

Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.

College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.

Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These two sisters hire handyman James White to kill Betty's husband. White's love and devotion for Peggy compels him to obey their irrational orders and carry out the murder. White confesses to the murder and the twins are arrested, charged, and tried. Based on the true story of Alabama twins Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe who were arrested and tried in 1992 for the conspiracy to murder of Betty's husband, a wealthy, well-known ophthalmologist, Jack.

Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the father severely abused all six children, and committed incest with all four of his daughters.

Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the father severely abused all six children, and committed incest with all four of his daughters.

Ever since Pam Cheney (Cheryl Ladd) lost her baby during labor, she has been struggling with depression. She is not only supported by her loving, but hard working husband Sean (Robert Desiderio), but also by her friends Ella (Polly Draper) and Terry Sabin (D. David Morin), who have also lost a baby at age three. One year after labor, Pam decides to finally take a proposal to adopt a toddler. Going through official agencies proves unsuccessful, partly due to Pam's age, partly due to the growing demand of adoption. She is advised to take care of an orphaned teenager instead, but Sean refuses this option.

Steve Thompson is losing himself, one memory at a time. Plagued with amnesia after getting a concussion, Steve is overwhelmed by his unrecognizable life and leaves his family in search of answers. But his quest only returns him back home, where he must face his demons and get at the truth.

When 30-year-old Allison Campbell wins a $2 million lottery, her family life turns upside down not just because of her winnings but because Allison is mentally handicapped. Kari, her younger sister, has been caring for Alison for 10 years. Problems arise when the girls' mother, Katherine, decides she wants Allison to live with her.

A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.

Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.

Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.

A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him in this depressing drama.

Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation facility. Here a group of rapists are required to confront their victims face-to-face. The film concentrates on the bitter verbal sparring session between assaulter Richard (Graham Bechel) and assaultee Rebecca (Dianne Weist). Director Donald Wrye co-wrote the screenplay for Face of Rage with Hal Sitowicz, drawing much of the dialogue from real-life transcripts. The film was first aired as an "ABC Theatre" presentation on March 20, 1983, preceded with an all too appropriate "parental guidance" proviso.

Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation facility. Here a group of rapists are required to confront their victims face-to-face. The film concentrates on the bitter verbal sparring session between assaulter Richard (Graham Bechel) and assaultee Rebecca (Dianne Weist). Director Donald Wrye co-wrote the screenplay for Face of Rage with Hal Sitowicz, drawing much of the dialogue from real-life transcripts. The film was first aired as an "ABC Theatre" presentation on March 20, 1983, preceded with an all too appropriate "parental guidance" proviso.

Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.

Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.

A young real estate developer returns to his hometown to make a land killing but soon takes up the cause of a crusty old-timer in his struggles with the government which wants his ranch for an Army missile base.

한때 스케이트 선수였던 의붓 어머니로부터 피겨 스케이트를 배운 렉시(Alexis Winston : 린-홀리 존슨 분)는 지역 예선에 나가 우승은 하지 못했으나 큰 인기를 얻게 되고 그녀의 재능을 눈여겨 본 한 유명한 여자 코치가 그녀를 찾아와 자신의 훈련을 받을 것을 제안한다. 아버지의 반대를 무릅쓰고 미 중서부의 유명한 스케이트 선수 훈련소에 들어가 자신의 기량을 쌓는다. 코치와 그녀의 애인인 텔레비전 스포츠 기자는 그들의 야망을 위해 그녀를 단시일안에 올림픽 유망주로 키우기 위해 강훈련과 함께 언론의 주목의 대상이 되도록 한다. 이를 통해 미중서부예선을 우승한 렉시는 일약 스포츠계의 떠오르는 신인으로 떠오르나 그녀가 스포츠 기자와 사랑에 빠져 남자친구가 떠나자 실망한 끝에 파티장에서 스케이트를 타다가 사고로 실명을 하고 만다. 이들로부터 버림받은 렉시는 다시 고향으로 돌아와 모든 것을 포기하고 실의에 찬 나날을 보내다 남자친구의 도움으로 재기에 도전한다. 비록 앞이 잘 보이지 않지만 힘든 연습을 통해 결국 경기에 출전하게 되는데...

한때 스케이트 선수였던 의붓 어머니로부터 피겨 스케이트를 배운 렉시(Alexis Winston : 린-홀리 존슨 분)는 지역 예선에 나가 우승은 하지 못했으나 큰 인기를 얻게 되고 그녀의 재능을 눈여겨 본 한 유명한 여자 코치가 그녀를 찾아와 자신의 훈련을 받을 것을 제안한다. 아버지의 반대를 무릅쓰고 미 중서부의 유명한 스케이트 선수 훈련소에 들어가 자신의 기량을 쌓는다. 코치와 그녀의 애인인 텔레비전 스포츠 기자는 그들의 야망을 위해 그녀를 단시일안에 올림픽 유망주로 키우기 위해 강훈련과 함께 언론의 주목의 대상이 되도록 한다. 이를 통해 미중서부예선을 우승한 렉시는 일약 스포츠계의 떠오르는 신인으로 떠오르나 그녀가 스포츠 기자와 사랑에 빠져 남자친구가 떠나자 실망한 끝에 파티장에서 스케이트를 타다가 사고로 실명을 하고 만다. 이들로부터 버림받은 렉시는 다시 고향으로 돌아와 모든 것을 포기하고 실의에 찬 나날을 보내다 남자친구의 도움으로 재기에 도전한다. 비록 앞이 잘 보이지 않지만 힘든 연습을 통해 결국 경기에 출전하게 되는데...

It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.

Based on the book by famed author John Gunther about the life and early death of his teenage son Johnny, who died from a brain tumor.

Based on the book by famed author John Gunther about the life and early death of his teenage son Johnny, who died from a brain tumor.

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.

An emotionally disturbed young boy shuts out all of his family and friends. A counselor tries to help bring him and his family together again.

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United States Information Agency, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1969

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1969