Wooley, Peter 1934-

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WOOLEY, Peter 1934-

PERSONAL: Born December 26, 1934, in East Liverpool, OH; son of Marvin and June (a secretary) Wooley; married October 13, 1956; wife's name, Linda (a singer); children: Stephanie Wooley Angelini, Christopher. Education: Kent State University, A.B., 1959. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Protestant.

ADDRESSES: Home—5131 Penfield Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364; fax: 818-340-8985. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Art director and production designer. Production designer for films, including Under the Rainbow, Going Home, Second-Hand Hearts, Sounder, Cleopatra Jones, Oh God, You Devil, High Anxiety, Fatso, and Blazing Saddles; production designer for television movies and miniseries, including The Day After, Blind Rage, Zoya, Murder between Friends, Hart to Hart, Hidden in Silence, Death Pays the Sitter, Her Last Change, and Bed of Roses; art director for television series, including Missing Persons, Baby Huey'sAdventures, My World and Welcome to It, and The Streets of San Francisco; also worked as television director. University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, guest lecturer at film school extension. Military service: U.S. Army, 1952-55.

MEMBER: International Art Directors Guild (past member of executive board), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

AWARDS, HONORS: Emmy Award nomination, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for The Day After.

WRITINGS:

What! And Give up Show Business? A View from theHollywood Trenches (autobiography), Fithian Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 2001.

Also writer and director of The Very Last Ride (documentary film), British Broadcasting Corp.

SIDELIGHTS: Motion picture production designer Peter Wooley admitted to CA: "I write out of fear and loathing."