Wallace Potts
Wallace Potts (4 February 1947 – 29 June 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and archivist. He is best known for his work as the research archivist for the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation in Bath, England, from 1993 until his death in 2006. Early life and education Wallace Bean Potts was born in Birmingham, Alabama, soon after the end of World War II, into a family of English descent. As the South recovered from the war effort, he was raised in middle-class comfort by his parents, Wallace and Ruth Potts of Montgomery, and was educated in local primary schools and at Shades Valley High School. He went on to attend Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he was graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics. While in college he became interested in film making, which led him to attend film school at the University of California at Los Angeles. Life with Nureyev Potts met Rudolf Nureyev in June 1969 in Atlanta, during a Royal Ballet tour of North America. The two men were immediately attracted to each other. Potts was 21 years old, tall, athletic, and with a winning personality. Exuding a gentle Southern charm, he