Donald Wrye

Donald Wrye
Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Director), 3 (Writer)
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Ice Castles
A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams. (imdb)
Born Innocent
A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances. (imdb)
Ice Castles
Alexis Winston is a young girl who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater. While practicing, Alexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. In the midst of feeling sorry for herself she falls in love with a handsome young man named Nick who helps her to realize that she can still fulfill her dreams. (imdb)
83 Hours \
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours. (imdb)
Stranger in the Family
A teenager is involved in a tragic car accident, leaving him with severe amnesia. During his struggle to come to terms with alienation and the consequent rebellion that ensues, his family are forced to accept the boy they once knew so well is now a stranger. Drama based on a true story. (locatetv.com)
Ultimate Betrayal
Raised in an atmosphere of constant beatings and sexual abuse, the Rodgers family children grow up to find their own families shattered by physical and emotional turmoil. Resolving to come to grips with the pain of the past, two of the sisters decide to sue their father for abuse. Shocking secrets and bitter memories are revealed as the trial makes headlines across the country. (Amazon.com)
Divorce Wars
High-powered Seattle divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is failing and must juggle his own domestic conflicts with his clients' problems. (imdb)
Fire on the Mountain
A 1962 novel by Edward Abbey was the source for this 1981 TV movie. Buddy Ebsen plays a stubborn oldster who refuses to leave his mountain property when it is targeted for a government missile base. Not even a promised $100,000 compensation will induce Ebsen to leave. Young land developer Ron Howard is sent to vacate Ebsen, but soon Howard joins the older man in defying the military. Soon it boils down to a battle of wills between Ebsen and the equally bullheaded army officer Michael Conrad. (allmovie.com)
Trail of Tears
Two very different but equally determined women - one a suburban housewife, the other a Las Vegas blackjack dealer - vow to retrieve their children from the husbands who deserted them. When their exes are both located in Oregon, they embark on a journey across the country to get their kids back. Fact-based drama.
Separated by Murder
The husband of a rich Memphis belle is murdered, and she and her sophisticated twin sister are indicted in the murder.
Lucky Day
Lucky Day (1991) - TV Movie
A mentally handicapped woman wins a fortune in the state lottery and suddenly becomes the object of a custody battle between her caring sister and alcoholic mother.
Our Gift of Love
A freak accident leaves a man in a coma shortly before Christmas. While friends and family urge his wife to prepare for the worst, she refuses to accept he will not recover and dedicates herself to taking care of him.
The House of God
Follows a group of interns in a large teaching hospital. When Jo, Chief Resident, has a breakdown the interns are reluctantly placed under the tutelage of the senior resident known as The Fatman.
It Happened One Christmas
It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father.
Heart of Steel
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
When an emotionally-disturbed young boy shuts out all of his family and friends, a counselor tries to help bring him and his family together again.