Donald Wrye
- Directing
- September 24, 1934 · Riverside - California - USA
- May 15, 2015
Biography
Donald Wrye (September 24, 1934 – May 15, 2015) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the 1978 film Ice Castles, a romantic drama about a young figure skater's rise and fall from stardom. He began his career with documentary shorts, including An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969), which was nominated for an Academy Award. Wrye's work often explored human resilience and emotional depth, leaving a lasting impact on American cinema.
Known for
Filmography
- Ice Castles · Director, Teleplay
- Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape · Writer, Director
- Range of Motion · Director
- A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle · Director, Executive producer
- High Stakes · Director
- Not in This Town · Director
- Trail of Tears · Director, Executive producer
- A Family Divided · Director
- Separated by Murder · Director
- Ultimate Betrayal · Executive producer, Director
- Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back · Director, Producer
- Stranger in the Family · Director, Executive producer
- Lucky Day · Director
- 83 Hours 'Til Dawn · Director
- Amerika · Writer, Director
- Right to Kill? · Executive producer
- The House of God · Screenplay, Director
- Heart of Steel · Director
- The Face of Rage · Director, Writer
- Divorce Wars: A Love Story · Writer, Director
- Fire on the Mountain · Director
- Ice Castles · Writer, Director
- It Happened One Christmas · Director
- The Entertainer · Director
- Born Innocent · Director
- Death Be Not Proud · Director, Writer
- The Man Who Could Talk to Kids · Director
- The Numbers Start with the River · Director
- An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer · Producer, Director
- The Soba Man · Director, Writer