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Rick Bennewitz
Rick Bennewitz (November 10, 1936 – January 9, 1999) was an American television soap opera director, best known for shooting location sequences for various soap operas. The last episode of Sunset Beach he directed was dedicated to his memory. Positions held ''Land of the Lost'' * Director (September 18 - November 27, 1976) '' Santa Barbara'' * Director (September 28, 1984 - January 15, 1993) '' Sunset Beach'' * Director (January 6, 1997 - February 5, 1999) Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Win, 1991, Directing, ''Santa Barbara'' (shared with Peter Brinckerhoff, Michael Gliona, Rob Schiller, Jeanine Guarneri-Frons (wife of Brian Frons), Pamela Fryman, Robin Raphaelian) *Win, 1990, Directing, ''Santa Barbara'' Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Schiller
Rob Schiller is an American television director and producer. Since 1984, Schiller has amassed a number of directorial credits namely ''A Different World'', ''Ned and Stacey, Living Single'', ''Ellen'', ''Malcolm & Eddie'', ''The King of Queens'', ''Two and a Half Men'', '''Til Death'', ''Anger Management'', '' $#*! My Dad Says'' and other television series. In 1990 and 1991, Schiller won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for directing soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. In 2010, Schiller directed the stage play ''Greater Tuna'' at Boulder's Dinner Theatre in Boulder, Colorado Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color .... In 2011, Schiller's first feature film, ''And They're Off'' was released. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Directors
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Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Raphaelian
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Pamela Fryman
Pamela Gail Fryman (born 1959) is an American sitcom director and producer. She directed all but twelve episodes of the television series ''How I Met Your Mother''. Early life Fryman was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career Fryman got her first job on ''The John Davidson Show'' as an assistant to the talent coordinator, and went on to be a booth production assistant and secretary on '' Santa Barbara'', eventually moving up to assistant director (AD), and director. In 1993, producer Peter Noah, with whom she had worked on the game show '' Dream House'', gave Fryman a chance to direct an episode of the short-lived sitcom ''Café Americain''. These would be the first stepping stones toward a long and successful career. Before her directing career blossomed, Fryman pursued stage directing. On the set of ''Frasier'', rehearsal resembled a play staging, which is exactly what creator and executive producer David Lee had in mind when he hired her. Fryman directed 34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Frons
Brian Scott Frons (born June 15, 1956) is an American television executive and the former president of ABC Daytime. Education Frons earned a master’s degree from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1978. CBS and NBC Brian Frons first worked at CBS Daytime from 1978 to 1983. He left CBS in 1983 to join NBC Daytime, where he stayed during the rest of the 1980s as vice president. In 1986, he canceled ''Search for Tomorrow'' which was at the time the longest running soap opera in television, but also the lowest-rated program among the 14 daytime soap operas on the air that year.https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/arts/nbc-drops-35-year-old-soap-opera.html Paid New York Times article Waggett (1997). "Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings". ''Soap Opera Encyclopedia''. pp. 626-628. Frons gained media attention in 1989 when he made a guest appearance in an episode of '' Santa Barbara'', playing the role of God in a dream of character Mason Capwell (Lane Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanine Guarneri-Frons
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Michael Gliona
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Television Director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the producer's vision is delivered. Their duties may include originating program ideas, finding contributors, writing scripts, planning 'shoots', ensuring safety, leading the crew on location, directing contributors and presenters, and working with an editor to assemble the final product. The work of a television director can vary widely depending on the nature of the program, the practices of the production company, whether the program content is factual or drama, and whether it is Live television, live or recorded. Types of television director Factual television director Factual or documentary TV directors may take any number of roles in the television production process, or combine several roles in one. Entertainment television director I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brinckerhoff
Peter Brinckerhoff, also stylized as Peter Brinkerhoff, is an American television director who primarily directed soap operas. Brinckerhoff received six Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won once in 1991 for co-directing '' Santa Barbara''. His other notable credits include '' Sunset Beach'', ''Spyder Games'', ''Passions'', ''General Hospital'', and ''The Young and the Restless''. Positions held '' Another World'' * Director (1989) ''As the World Turns'' * Director (1983) ''Capitol'' * Director (1984) ''Passions'' * Director (entire run, 1999–2008) '' Santa Barbara'' * Director (1991–1993) ''Search for Tomorrow'' * Stage Manager (1980) ''Spyder Games'' * Director (entire run, 2001) '' Sunset Beach'' * Director (entire run, 1997–1999) General Hospital * Director (1993–2009) General Hospital: Night Shift *Director (all eps of season two) Days of Our Lives *Director (December 23, 2008–present) The Young and the Restless * Director (May 5, 2009–present) Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June. History The first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1972, when '' The Doctors'' and ''General Hospital'' were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year, ''The Doctors'' won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. In addition, the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was given to Mary Fickett from ''All My Children''. A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
