Danny virtue biography
- This would lay the foundation for his future in entertainment.
- Danny Virtue was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Founder and director of the virtue foundation, a non-profit organization whose primary objective is to raise awareness who are physically, mentally or.
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Danny Virtue
Established by Danny Virtue in 1985 the Virtue Studio Ranch is full-service film studio and working ranch in Mission, British Columbia. Comprised of over 200 acres and a joining 5,000 acres of crown land, the ranch is nestled in the heart of the Fraser Valley, only an hour from downtown Vancouver. Surrounded by white capped mountains, the ranch supplies a variety of different panoramas: from green fields, to rolling hills, to lush forests, the Virtue Studio Ranch offers boundless opportunities for exterior locations. It has three creeks, waterfalls, old log barns, cabins and horse corrals with a rustic facade. The ranch’s many support buildings include a 55,000 square foot indoor arena used for cover sets, production offices, lunchroom, gym, and over 10,000 square feet of storage space.
The ranch has played host over the years to hundreds of different projects. It was first used as the primary location for the critically acclaimed Canadian television series “Neon Rider”, becoming an essential character in the show in the process. Over the past 20 years, projects
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Inspired By Horses
Danny is one of the best-known stuntmen and stunt coordinators in the world. He has engaged in every possible type of movie action, from staged fighting, car crashes and jumping out of airplanes. But his love and passion is working with horses, highly intelligent, and by nature, kind, cooperative animals. The way horses respond to and are responded to by children, gave Danny the idea that the horses that had aged out of the heavy work of action films, could be honored through a "repurposing", working with underprivileged and sick children who had never had the chance to ride or in most cases, not be close to a living, sentient being who was not a person. Danny started a regular riding program, bringing in children from all over British Columbia, to experience all aspects of the ranch, particularly the horses. For so many, riding a horse, was a dream, an achievement and it was this early success, that laid the groundwork for what the Virtue Foundation would become.
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