Wally's debut feature Almost Paris, which he wrote, starred in and produced, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is available from Freestyle Digital Media. The film received the Audience Choice Award at the Beaufort International Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Golden Door Film Festival, among other awards.
Amongst his forthcoming projects is The Problem With People, co-written with actor/comedian Paul Reiser and currently in pre-production with Pull the Trigger Ltd.
Born in New York City and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, Wally is a graduate of the BFA program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Upon graduation he spent several years as a founder of The Drove Theatre Co., directing, acting and producing plays off-off Broadway.
He has appeared on-stage for the Hampton Theatre Co., New York Theatre Summerfest, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, Dragonfly, Shrunken Shakespeare, The Drove, Edinburgh Fringe, and others.
As a filmmaker and actor his films have screened at numerous festivals, including the Barrymore Film Center, Beaufort, Bergen, Chelsea, Cinemonde, Coney Island, Festival of Cinema NYC, Garden State, Golden Door, Hill Country, Horror Hound, In the Cut, Kansas, Long Island, Nantucket, Northeast, Santa Fe, Seattle, Woods Hole, Venezia Shorts Italy, and others.
He lives with his wife, writer Lindsay Adkins, and their daughter Avery and dog Cisco.