Wayne Caparas

Wayne Caparas

Cover photo from the CD "Gospel Project"
Background information
Birth name Wayne Keith Caparas
Born (1963-02-08) February 8, 1963
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Origin Charleston, South Carolina, US
Occupation(s) Writer, entrepreneur, actor, songwriter, creative director

Wayne Caparas (born February 8, 1963) is an American writer, award-winning entrepreneur,[1] and actor. Caparas has also been involved in the creation and launch of several non-profit organizations[2] and Christian ministries. He has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 1995.

Early years

Wayne Keith Caparas was born to Rolando Sorné Caparas and Patricia Doucett in Boston, Massachusetts. His father is a Filipino-born career sailor in the United States Navy who became a naturalized citizen, and his mother a second-generation Bostonian of French-Canadian and Irish descent who worked primarily as a civilian employee for the US Navy.[3]

Business career

Caparas established himself as a fitness industry pioneer during the 1990s, and at the turn of the century entered the field of digital media production, internet concept innovation, and journalism[4] at the head of Caparas Media. His business career began in the wake of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, when Caparas led two different partnership teams to develop seven Charleston, SC area health clubs under two different brands,[5][6] the latter of which was LifeQuest Fitness, a brand that would gain international acclaim as the most innovative health clubs in America.[7] In addition to the health clubs Caparas led a team of young entrepreneurs to expand and license the brand while developing a newsstand magazine (Vie magazine)[8] and a women's fitness competition (LifeQuest Triple Crown) that aired worldwide on ESPN.[9][10] Wayne received global recognition in numerous business publications including featured/cover stories in Entrepreneur Magazine,[8] Japan's Pocket Company magazine, Nation's Business magazine, Club Industry magazine,[11] and Fitness Management magazine.[7] Caparas also served on several national faculties including the American Council on Exercise and IHRSA as he lectured across the US for these organizations.[12] Caparas also licensed the LifeQuest brand to media giant Guthy-Renker and Olympic Gold Medal winner Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce)[lower-alpha 1] for use in a series of infomercials that aired nationwide.[14] In the late '90s Caparas sold his interests in LifeQuest[1][15] to allow more time for family, writing, and spiritual pursuits[16] while also recovering from a thyroid condition.[3] Within ten years of his departure, LifeQuest collapsed under mismanagement,[17] and today the brand exists as a single small health club in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Journalism

Caparas has gained wide publication as a health & nutrition journalist and also as a business journalist with several dozen published works to his credit.[18][19][20] By the late 90s he was a Co-Publisher and Contributing editor to the newsstand magazine Vie (a women's fitness magazine), which led to an instrumental role in the development of Oxygen Magazine as a Contributing editor, featured writer, and photojournalist during its first three years on the newsstand. Among Caparas's works in the genre of fitness journalism were research pieces on Human Growth Hormone (hGH)[18] and the Soybean[19] and fitness pioneering articles on Sprint Training and the future of professional fitness sports. From 1998 to 2000 Caparas was also a major contributor to the Charleston Regional Business Journal, where he landed the lead cover story on numerous issues.[20] During this time Caparas also founded the non-profit Carolina Film Alliance[21] and served as its first Executive Director while exposing mismanagement in South Carolina government film agencies; sparking a media firestorm[22][23] that eventually led to changes in state film policies and tax incentive laws pertaining to the film industry.[24] During the 2000s Caparas shifted to web-based photo/video journalism, digital media production,[25] and broadcast journalism. In the wake of 9/11 Wayne leveraged his experience in journalism to manage and negotiate his brother Rally Caparas's transition from Federal Air Traffic Controller to full-time CNN Correspondent and co-anchor as their Air Traffic Expert. Author Stephen King applauded Rally's work in his "My Morning People" article published in Entertainment Weekly Magazine.[26]

Film and Music

Caparas entered the film industry as a secondary interest in 1988 by working on the motion picture "Quiet Victory, The Charlie Wedemeyer Story" as the technical advisor in the football related film, and eventually gained minor directorial and script change responsibilities.[27] Caparas later landed roles in several films including "Other Voices Other Rooms," which earned him membership into the Screen Actors Guild in 1994. Over the next six years Caparas worked as an actor in a dozen motion pictures (see Caparas's detailed filmography and other Film/TV credits at the Internet Movie Database). Also during the mid-'90s, Caparas began writing, directing, and performing in regional Passion Plays, Musicals, and other stage shorts for large church audiences in Charleston, SC.[28] Caparas released "Gospel Project," an indie CD of all original material in 2008 to favorable reviews.[29][30][31] Caparas also managed the launch of the solo career of Johnny Keyser, whose debut acoustic album "From Where I Stand" peaked at #4 on the iTunes R&B Charts and #44 on the Billboard Magazine "Heatseekers" chart.[32][33] The album was co-written by Wayne's daughter Amber. In 2010 Caparas worked with Hootie & the Blowfish co-founder Mark Bryan to manage Amber Caparas through the launch of her debut EP "Better This Way.",[34] which was also met with very positive reviews.

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Post and Courier", May 29, 1995, Charles deV Williams, "Blue Chippers", Charleston, South Carolina
  2. ↑ "Charleston City Paper", November 18, 1998, Susan Doherty Osteen, "Bring in the Stars!", Charleston, SC
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "JesusDNA.com", December 20, 2007, "My Testimony so far", Wayne Caparas
  4. ↑ "The Post and Courier", October 11, 2000, Jonathan Maze, "HolyCityWeb.com launches new site", Charleston, SC
  5. ↑ "The Evening Post", June 19, 1990, Dawn Brazeel, "Two teams of brothers make health club go", Charleston, SC
  6. ↑ "The News and Courier" November 11, 1991, "Health Clubs give each other case of the fits", David Quick, Charleston, SC
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fitness Management Magazine", January 1996, "Editorial: Getting your just re-awards", page 6, Edward H. Pitts
  8. 1 2 Entrepreneur Magazine, April 1996, "Entrepreneurs Across America", page 104, Janean Chuna, Debra Phillips, Cynthia E. Grifin, Heather Page, Lynn Beresford, Holly Celeste Fisk, Charlotte Mulhern,
  9. ↑ ESPN, Director Lou Zwick, Lori Anne Lloyd, Kelly Ryan, Julie Ross, Shannon Meteraud, "ESPN American Muscle", "LifeQuest Triple Crown", American Sports Network, TV, November 1996
  10. ↑ "Musclemag International", June 1997, "In the Face of a Hurricane", Robert Kennedy, pages 256–261
  11. ↑ "Club Industry Magazine", March 1997, "What's in a Name? The club operator's guide to franchising and licensing", Editorial Staff
  12. ↑ "Oxygen Magazine", July/August 1999, "Talk of the Town", Robert Kennedy, Pamela Cottrell, page 27
  13. ↑ Leibovitz, Annie (June 1, 2015). "Introducing Caitlyn Jenner". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ "TV Guide", May 27 – June 2, 1995, "Bruce Jenner's LifeQuest", Editorial, page 12
  15. ↑ "The Post and Courier", August 21, 1997, Jim Parker "LifeQuest to reorganize", Charleston, South Carolina
  16. ↑ "The Post and Courier", January 3, 2000, Dave Munday "Group forms church in Mount Pleasant", Charleston, South Carolina
  17. ↑ "The Post and Courier", April 8, 2006, Caroline Fossi, "LifeQuest closes 2 workout facilities", Charleston, SC
  18. 1 2 "Oxygen Magazine", July/August 1999, "The Truth about hGH", Wayne Caparas
  19. 1 2 "Oxygen Magazine", May/June 1999, "Magic Beans", Wayne Caparas
  20. 1 2 "Charleston Regional Business Journal", September 13–26, 1999, "Institute for Organizational Excellence Breaks New Ground", Wayne Caparas
  21. ↑ "The Post and Courier", October 25, 1998, "Film alliance started by local", Lisa Haufbauer, Charleston, SC
  22. ↑ "The Post and Courier", November 23, 1990, Bill Thompson, "500 attend debut of new film alliance", Charleston, SC
  23. ↑ "Charleston Regional Business Journal", March 1999, "S.C. film czars, legislators, ready for battle", Wayne Caparas
  24. ↑ "The Post and Courier", June 3, 2004, Kyle Stock, "State Senate moves to attract Tinseltown", Charleston, SC
  25. ↑ "The Post and Courier", April 5, 2004, David Quick, "Ex-Firm fitness instructor strikes out on her own", Charleston, South Carolina
  26. ↑ "Entertainment Weekly", February 1, 2007, "My Morning People", Stephen King
  27. ↑ "Wayne Caparas," IMDb.com, May 22, 2011
  28. ↑ "The Post and Courier", January 18, 1996, David Quick, "Acting career beckons health club owner", Charleston, SC
  29. ↑ "ChristianMusicDaily.com", August 11, 2008, "Wayne Caparas Gospel Project", Mark Weber
  30. ↑ "JesusFreakHideout.com", August 8, 2008, "Review: Wayne Caparas Gospel Project", Rob Tyson
  31. ↑ "AlphaOmegaNews.org", December 2008, "Wayne Caparas Gospel Project", Ken Wiegman
  32. ↑ Billboard Magazine," 'American Idol' Tenth Anniversary: 345 Billboard No. 1s, From Kelly Clarkson to Phillip Phillips, "Fred Bronson", June 11, 2012
  33. ↑ EIN Presswire, "'Johnny Keyser First IDOL Contestant Ever To Hit Billboard Charts With Indie Album Before Season Ends", Top Wire News, May 26, 2012
  34. ↑ AmberTunes.com, "Amber Caparas",

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