Ken Swor(1935-2004)
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Ken Swor grew up the only child of Ewing Farish Swor and Velda in
Ventura, California after moving from Arkansas at the age of one month.
He played basketball at Ventura high school and was always "one of the
small town Ventura boys" at heart. Ken's mother died of cancer when he
was 22, which devastated him. Many, many friends of even his grade
school days were still his friends till the day he died. He married his
high school sweetheart at Ventura high school, who encouraged him in
the movie industry. He then joined the army after high school and
attended Jr .college at Ventura then went on to Fresno state where he
played basketball for the "bulldogs" for the two years he attended till
he graduated with a teaching degree.
He became a high school teacher and coach until he took the director's guild test at 32 years of age and scored in the upper 10% which enabled him to begin training as an assistant director. He took his girls on movie sets during summers, and one of his best friends was a fellow worker - Jack Rowe.
He became a high school teacher and coach until he took the director's guild test at 32 years of age and scored in the upper 10% which enabled him to begin training as an assistant director. He took his girls on movie sets during summers, and one of his best friends was a fellow worker - Jack Rowe.
