Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers Website

WooLife Crew

Directed, Filmed & Produced By Paul Hoffman (paulwoolife@hotmail.com)

WooLife marks Paul Hoffman's debut as a documentary filmmaker. He is a self-taught filmmaker whose interest in the issue of homelessness and fascination with people who give their life to passion lead to his 7-year journey of making the film WooLife. As a long time Cub fan, he met Ronnie in 1989 at Wrigley Field and was moved by his infectious energy and expression of passion that he rendered via his harrowing 'woo' victory cry. He saw Ronnie as positive spirit who followed his own path in life and was detached from our mass culture. He became convinced in June of 2000 that his story needed to be told after hearing about Ronnie's struggles with homelessness and learning that his faith and love survived in the face of great tragedy.

WooLife is entirely self-funded by Paul Hoffman and is produced in association with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. He hopes that WooLife will bring more awareness to the homelessness problem and help society become more compassionate with people living in the street. Half the proceeds from the film will benefit the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and the college trust fund for Yolanda Wickers.

Edited By Joe Marrazzo- Marrazzo Media (seppi@comcast.net)

Joe did not follow the Cubs and did not know who Ronnie Woo Woo was when he began editing WooLife. In year and a half that it took to edit over 250 hours of footage, Joe quickly understood the positive effect Ronnie has on Cub's fans and felt genuinely moved by his daily perseverance. Joe thrives in documentary filmmaking because he meets and works with people who are passionate about the stories that are bringing to the world.

Joe Marrazzo has been editing film and television for 9 years and WooLife is his first feature documentary. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in film, he wrote, directed and edited award-winning cable commercials with Time Warner Cable. He went on to edit TV shows New Spaces for HGTV and American Justice with Bill Kurtis and Biography for A & E.