Walter L. Lockwood

Born: 08/02/1941   St. Joseph , MI
Parents: Leon W. Lockwood, Edith E. Lockwood
Spouse: Pamela Broersma
Children: Ian, Alison, Matthew (1st) Susan, Katherine (2nd)
Address(es):
Permanent :
167 Boltwood Dr NE
Grand Rapids , MI 49505
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 616-364-8489

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Language of Film
- Teaching video on film terminology
Non Fiction Adult 2001
At Long Last, Puberty
- Film on video construction
Non Fiction Adult 1998
The New Phys Ed
- Documentary
Drama Adult PBS 1996
Battling for Baby
- A young couple are going to have a baby just a few months after they are married. They hadn't planned it so soon but go ahead. But then there's the grandmothers. They've hated each other for years. It seems one stole the boyfriend of the other, married him, then divorced him. So there's this rivalry to take care of the baby. Movie of Week
Drama , Humor Adult CBS Telefilm 1992
The Secret Life of Archie's Wife aka Runaway Heart
- One of life's losers (Michael Tucker) kidnaps a suburban housewife (Jill Eikenberry) while on the run from hoodlums. Movie of Week
Romance CBS 1991
Indiscreet
- Movie of Week
Drama Adult CBS 1988
Dyslexia: the Hidden Disability
- Documentary written, produced, directed, photographed and edited by Bruce Lockwood, Tina Lockwoo, Walt Lockwood ; produced by the Media Services Department of the Grand Rapids Public Schools/Grand Rapids Junior College, in conjunction with Public Broadcasting Station WGVC/WGVK.
Non Fiction Adult PBS 1986
Finnegan, Begin Again
- Screenplay
Drama , Romance Adult HBO Film 1985
Jones Unbound Fiction Adult Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall 1973

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship 1963 -1964
Finnegan, Begin Again, winner of Locarno Film Festival
Ace Award nomination, writing original script
CCAIT Award of Excellence for "At Long Last, Puberty,"

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Who's Who in the Middle West
Who's Who in Entertainment
Who's Who in Education

Memberships:

Name Date
Writers Guild of America, West 1980

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) Indiana University Bloomington , IN 1963 -1964
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1959 -1963

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Newspaper feature writer, novelist, screenwriter 1970
Instructor of English and Film Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids , MI 1965 -2001
Instructor Grand Rapids Junior College Grand Rapids , MI 1964 -1965

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