David L. Wolper
Biografia | |
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Naixement | 11 gener 1928 Nova York |
Mort | 10 agost 2010 (82 anys) Beverly Hills (Califòrnia) |
Causa de mort | Causes naturals (Malaltia de Parkinson ) |
Sepultura | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
Dades personals | |
Formació | Universitat del Sud de Califòrnia PS 6 Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School (en) |
Activitat | |
Ocupació | productor de cinema, productor, productor de televisió, director de cinema, realitzador |
Família | |
Fills | Mark Wolper (en) |
Premis | |
Lloc web | davidlwolper.com |
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David Lloyd Wolper (Nova York, 11 de gener de 1928 – Beverly Hills, 10 d'agost de 2010) va ser un productor de cinema i de televisió estatunidenc.[1]
Vida artística
Va produir sèries i pel·lícules com a Roots, The Thorn Birds, North and South, L.A. Confidential, i Un món de fantasia (1971). ambé va produir nombrosos documentals i sèries com a Biography (1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny, This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, Visions of Eight (1973), entre altres. Va dirigir el 1959 el documental The Race for Space, que va ser nominat a un Oscar. La seva pel·lícula de 1971 (com a productor executiu) sobre l'estudi dels insectes The Hellstrom Chronicle va guanyar un Oscar.
Pel seu treball en televisió, el 1988 va rebre la seva estrella al Television Hall of Fame.[2] El seu treball anterior a 1968 és propietat de la col·lecció de Cube Entertainment (abans International Creative Exchange), la col·lecció posterior a 1970 és propietat de Warner Bros.
El 13 de març de 1974, una del seus equips que filmava una història del National Geographic Society sobre l'Australopithecus a la Mammoth Mountain Ski Area va morir quan el seu Corvair 440 de Sierra Pacific Airlines va caure a les White Mountains (Califòrnia) poc després de l'enlairament de l'aeroport d'Eastern Sierra a Bishop (Califòrnia), matant els 35 que anaven a bord, inclosos els 31 membres de l'equip de Wolper. El segment filmat es va recuperar de l'accident i es va emetre a la sèrie de televisió Primal Man. La causa de l'accident encara no s'ha resolt.[3]
Wolper va morir el 10 d'agost de 2010 de malaltia cardíaca i les complicacions de la malaltia de Parkinson a la seva casa de Beverly Hills als 82 anys. Wolper va ser sobreviscut per la seva esposa de 36 anys Glorida, els seus 3 fills d'un anterior matrimoni, Mark i Wolper Michael i la seva filla Leslie. Li sobreviuen també 10 nets.[4]
Produccions
La seva empresa va participar en les següents produccions. Va ser distribuïdor dels primers programes i es va convertir en productor executiu de The Race for Space el 1958.[5]
Year | Show |
1949 | Funny Bunnies (36 episodis) |
1953 | Superman (90 episodis) |
1954 | Baseball Hall of Fame (75 episodis) |
1954 | O.S.S. (32 episodis) |
1954 | Grand Ole Opry (39 episodis) |
1955 | Congressional Investigator (26 episodis) |
1958 | Men from Boys - The First Eight Weeks |
1958 | The Race for Space |
1959 | Project: Man in Space |
1960 | Hollywood: The Golden Years |
1961 | Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story |
1961 | The Rafer Johnson Story |
1962 | Hollywood: The Great Stars |
1962 | Hollywood: The Fabulous Era |
1962 | D-Day June 6, 1944 |
1962 | Biography |
1962–1963 | Story of... |
1963 | Hollywood and the Stars |
1963 | Escape to Freedom |
1963 | Kreboizen and Cancer: Thirteen Years of Bitter Conflict |
1963 | The Passing Years: Rework of Story of a Year 1927 |
1963 | The Making of the President, 1960 |
1963–1964 | Specials for United Artists |
1964 | The Legend of Marilyn Monroe |
1964 | The Quest for Peace |
1964 | A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
1964 | Men in Crisis |
1965 | Four Days in November |
1965 | France: Conquest to Liberation |
1965 | Korea: The 38th Parallel |
1965 | Prelude to War (Beginning of World War II) |
1965 | Japan: A New Dawn over Asia (Japan in the 20th Century) |
1965 | 007: The Incredible World of James Bond |
1965 | Let My People Go: The Story of Israel |
1965 | October Madness: The World Series |
1965 | Race for the Moon |
1965 | Miss Television U.S.A. |
1965 | The Really Big Family: The Duke of Seattle & Their 18 Children |
1965 | Revolution in Our Time |
1965 | The Bold Men |
1965 | The General |
1965 | The Teenage Revolution |
1965 | The Way Out Men |
1965 | In Search of Man |
1965 | Pro Football: Mayhem On A Sunday Afternoon |
1965 | Revolution in the 3 R's |
1965 | The Thin Blue Line |
1965 | In Search of Man |
1965 | Silent Partners |
1965–1966 | The March of Time |
1965–1975 | National Geographic Society Specials |
1966 | The Making of the President, 1964 |
1966 | Wall Street Where the Money Is |
1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House |
1966 | Destination Safety |
1966 | China: Roots of Madness |
1966–1968 | The World of Animals |
1967 | The Big Land |
1967 | A Nation of Immigrants |
1967 | Untamed World |
1967 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood |
1967 | Movin' with Nancy |
1967–1968 | Do Blondes Have More Fun? |
1967–1968 | The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau |
1968 | Rise and Fall of the Third Reich |
1968 | The Dangerous Years |
1968 | California |
1968 | With Love, Sophia |
1968 | Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose |
1968 | Sophia: A Self Portrait |
1968 | The Highlights of the Ice Capades 1968 |
1968 | On the Trail of Stanley and Livingstone |
1968 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years |
1968 | The Devil's Brigade |
1968 | The Making of the President, 1968 |
1969 | The Bridge at Remagen |
1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium |
1969 | Los Angeles: Where It's At |
1970 | The Unfinished Journey of Robert F. Kennedy |
1970 | I Love My Wife |
1970–1972 | The Plimpton Specials |
1971 | Say Goodbye |
1971 | They've Killed President Lincoln |
1971 | The Hellstrom Chronicle |
1971 | Un món de fantasia |
1971–1973 | Appointment With Destiny |
1972 | King, Queen, Knave |
1972 | One Is a Lonely Number |
1972 | Here Comes Tomorrow: The Fear Fighters |
1972 | Republican Party films |
1972 | Make Mine Red, White and Blue |
1972 | Top of The Month (3 especials de mitja hora) |
1972 | Of Thee I Sing |
1972–1973 | The Explorers |
1973 | The 500 Pound Jerk |
1973 | Wattstax |
1973 | Visions of Eight |
1973–1974 | Primal Man Specials |
1973–1975 | The American Heritage Specials |
1974 | This Week In The NBA (Sèries de 20 mitges hores) |
1974 | NBA Game of the Week Featurettes |
1974 | Get Christie Love! |
1974 | Judgment Specials |
1974 | The Morning After |
1974 | Unwed Father |
1974 | Men of the Dragon |
1974 | The First Woman President |
1974 | Love from A to Z |
1974 | Birds Do It, Bees Do It |
1974 | The Animal Within |
1974 | Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus |
1974–1975 | Get Christie Love! |
1974–1975 | Smithsonian Specials |
1974–1975 | Sandburg's Lincoln |
1974–1976 | Chico and the Man |
1975 | Death Stalk |
1975 | I Will Fight No More Forever |
1975–1976 | Welcome Back, Kotter |
1976 | Brenda Starr |
1976 | Collision Course |
1976 | Celebration: The American Spirit |
1976 | The Unexplained |
1976 | Victory At Entebbe |
1976 | Mysteries of the Great Pyramids |
1977 | Roots |
1978 | Roots: One Year Later |
1978 | Roots: The Next Generations |
1980 | Moviola |
1981 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow |
1981 | This Is Elvis |
1981 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter |
1981 | Small World |
1981 | Murder Is Easy |
1982 | The Mystic Warrior |
1982 | Casablanca |
1983 | The Thorn Birds |
1984 | XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984 |
1984 | His Mistress |
1985 | North and South |
1986 | North and South: Book II |
1986 | Liberty Weekend |
1987 | The Betty Ford Story |
1987 | Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story |
1988 | What Price Victory |
1988 | Imagine: John Lennon |
1988 | Roots: The Gift |
1989 | The Plot to Kill Hitler |
1989 | Murder in Mississippi |
1990 | Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 |
1990 | Dillinger |
1990 | When You Remember Me |
1991 | Best of the Worst |
1991 | Bed of Lies |
1992 | Celebrations |
1992 | Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald |
1993 | Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner |
1993 | The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? |
1994 | Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III |
1994 | On Trial |
1994 | Golf - The Greatest Game |
1994 | Heroes of the Game |
1994 | Without Warning |
1994 | Murder in the First |
1995 | Prince for a Day |
1996 | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years |
1996 | Surviving Picasso |
1997 | L.A. Confidential |
1998 | Terror at the Mall |
1998 | Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Show |
1998 | A Will of Their Own |
1998 | Confirmation |
1998 | Legends, Icons and Superstars |
1999 | To Serve and Protect |
1999 | Celebrate the Century |
Referències
- ↑ «David L. Wolper Biography (1928-)».
- ↑ «Television Hall of Fame Honorees: Complete List».
- ↑ «'Primal Man' Crash». Check-six.com. [Consulta: 18 juny 2012].
- ↑ David L. Wolper, productor de la serie "Raíces", fallece a los 82 años[Enllaç no actiu]
- ↑ «pel·lículaography». David L. Wolper. [Consulta: 18 juny 2012].[Enllaç no actiu]