Randall Wallace Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Christopher Award and a MovieGuide Award for Best Film for "Secretariat" in 2010
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for "Braveheart" in 1996
• Attended Duke University, where he studied Russian, religion, and literature
• Started out as a songwriter at Nashville's Opryland and also worked as an article writer for Architectural Digest
• Quote: "I love to take a great story and look for the poetics of it, look for what gives it the power of myth․ There's a connection there with all of my films․"
• Best known as the writer of "Braveheart," as the writer and producer of "Pearl Harbor," and as the writer, producer, and director of "We Were Soldiers․"
• Founded his own production company, Wallace Entertainment, in 1999
• Had a cameo in an episode of "Entourage," in which he played himself
• Paid for a year of graduate seminary school by teaching martial arts classes
• To prepare for the filming of "We Were Soldiers," he trained with career soldiers at the U․S․ Army Ranger School