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Director

This category consists of television directors in both fiction and non-fiction genres.

 

 

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  • A
  • Andy Ackerman
  • B
  • Bob Banner
  • Paris Barclay
  • Steve Binder
  • Paul Bogart
  • Kirk Browning
  • Frances Buss Buch
  • James Burrows
  • Robert Butler
  • C
  • Bob Claver
  • Fred De Cordova
  • Richard Crenna
  • D
  • Richard Donner
  • Bob Doyle
  • Charles Dubin
  • F
  • Norman Felton
  • John Frankenheimer
  • G
  • Larry Gelbart
  • Lewis Gomavitz
  • Walter E. Grauman
  • H
  • Dwight Hemion
  • Arthur Hiller
  • Ron Howard
  • J
  • Lamont Johnson
  • K
  • Lynwood King
  • L
  • Norman Lear
  • Sidney Lumet
  • M
  • Delbert Mann
  • Garry Marshall
  • Don Mischer
  • John Moffitt
  • N
  • Alan Neuman
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • P
  • David Pressman
  • R
  • Carl Reiner
  • Gene Reynolds
  • John Rich
  • S
  • Jay Sandrich
  • Max Schindler
  • Jack Shea
  • James Sheldon
  • Garry Simpson
  • Ira Skutch

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Watch Interview Highlights

  • Jay Sandrich reveals his philisophy for directing, as gleaned from producer Sheldon Leonard
  • Andy Ackerman on the Seinfeld episodes "The Pothole" and "The Rye" and his directorial choices on the series
  • On learning the value of collaborative work between a director and a writer
  • John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90
  • Andy Ackerman on ad-libbing on Seinfeld; "happy accidents"
  • John Frankenheimer on directing Playhouse 90
  • Jay Sandrich on how good writing inspires him as a director

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    LEWIS BERNSTEIN has served as the executive producer of Sesame Street as well developer of international versions of the show.

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