Ken Speed

Ken was born in Tarrytown, New York, but he spent his early years living in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This was a closed city at the time, his father worked for the Atomic Energy Commission as a firefighter. The family moved back to New York for a short time, and his father continued his work as a firefighter, and his mother worked as a meter maid. She was actually the first meter maids in the country. After spending a short time in New York, his family headed west to California. While attending school in Hawthorne, California, he met Richard Albain. He was a Special Effects man on "I Dream of Jeannie" Once Ken graduated from Hawthorne High School, he followed in Albain's footsteps, and started working for Paramont, Disney, and Warner Brothers. While at Warners, he met a crew from Cannell. He followed the crew and worked on a show called, "Greatist American Hero". Next, he went to work on the "A-Team," and continued working on that show for five years. He became a Special Effects Coordinator on many independent films including, "The Doors" and UTurn" with Oliver Stone, He also worked on "Weekend at Bernies", and "Crime Story" with Michael Mann. Next, he worked on projects with Chuck Norris, including, "Sidekicks" and "Walker Texas Ranger." He worked with Chuck Norris over a period of ten years on various projects including "HellBound," and "Top Dog." As of 2009 he is working on films in New Orleans, Miami, Dallas, and New Mexico.