Wood, Wayne

NBC Network: Videographer

WTTG: Videographer.

Lynda Lopez tribute via public Facebook posting, “R.I.P. Wayne Wood, ace cameraman, with whom I worked far too infrequently at NBC, but whom I IDOLIZED as an intern at WTTG in 1973. Wayne, always sweet, well usually, had savvy and swagger. He let me go out with his 3-person crew (!) and, when, playing with his film camera, I forgot to turn it off and burned thru all of his film, forcing him to do a fast magazine change when news broke, Wayne Wood looked at me and just cocked his head. Later that same day, he set up to shoot a porn shop on 14th St. The guy inside came charging out. When he got close, Wayne warned, “Don’t touch.” But the guy slammed the lens, jamming the camera into Wayne’s eye. Still rolling, Wayne kicked the guy in the balls. Down he went. Rubbing his eye, Wayne said, softly, ” I said don’t touch.” So cool. An intellectual. A sharp dresser. A horseman. Wayne Wood. Read the great tribute by Lynda Lopez.” ¹

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