Tom Wilson:  

I loved living in Boulder and have vivid memories of school buses bringing grade school classmates to our farm south of town, as well as school plays, float building, choir concerts and movies in historic Chautauqua Auditorium. After attending college in Southern California, I moved to the San Fernando Valley (in Los Angeles) to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. I simply had to get away from all that Colorado snow and follow a few of my crazy dreams. Through the years I've worn many hats, but always managed something in the television or motion picture fields. I started with NBC testing television shows including "Fame" "St. Elsewhere" and "Knight Rider." Moving on to supervise research screenings for Universal, Paramount, Tri Star and 20th Century Fox Studios, I was involved in the evolution of films ranging from "ET" to "Steel Magnolias," "Out of Africa" to "Back To The Future." At some point I attempted a brief stint doing extra work in movies and even had a bit part in a TV-Movie that starred Cicely Tyson. However, changing costumes in freezing dressing-trailers at 5 in the morning was simply a little too glamorous for the likes of me. And yes, that was me dancing with Dolly Parton on her TV show. How scary is that? I don't know that I'll ever be sure how that happened. I always had an interest in writing and somehow managed to publish a book on Julie Andrews in 1995. I've since contributed to several other entertainment books, and I hope to do others in the future when time allows. They are extremely time-consuming. Other favorite job assignments have included historical research f...Expand for more