This week on Mocs on the Mic we visit with Emmy Award winning actor, director and producer Bill Landry.  A former utility player on the 1969 Chattanooga football roster, Landy played two seasons with the Mocs.  He is best known across East Tennessee as the host of WBIR's The Heartland series (1984-2009). 
 
Bill discusses his time at UTC as a theater Major, growing up in Chattanooga and how his love for storytelling is the driving motivator for his career and life.
 
Landry wrote and directed many of The Heartland episodes, as well as producing and appearing as a character. The series aired over 1400 short features and about 150 half-hour length programs.  The Heartland won awards including four Emmy Awards, six Iris Awards from the National Association of Television Program Executives, two bronze medals and a silver from the New York International Film and Television Festival, and a Theodore Roosevelt Award for "Best Outdoor Documentary."
 
Landry received Emmy Awards for directing in 1999 and 2000, and in 1999 received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree from Lincoln Memorial University in recognition of his contributions to the humanities.
 
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