David Greene (director)

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David Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003 (birth name David Brian Lederman) was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California.

Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse.

In Hollywood, Greene made some movies, but became best known for his television series and television film productions. Among them were

• Children Of The Dust (1995) starring Sydney Poitier
• Whatever Happened to ... (1991) starring the Redgrave sisters, Lynn and Vanessa, a remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
• Inherit The Wind (1988) starring Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards
• Rehearsal For Murder (1982) starring Robert Preston and Lynn Redgrave
• Friendly Fire (1979) starring Carol Burnett; won Emmy
• Roots (1977) starring Lorne Green and Maya Angelou; won Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
• Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) starring Nick Nolte and Ray Milland; TV mini-series, won Emmy
• The People Next Door (1970) starring Eli Wallach and Julie Harris; won Emmy for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

Greene was married 7 times. He died aged 82 on April 7, 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai California.

[edit] External links

• David Greene at the Internet Movie Database

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v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series David Greene (1976) · David Greene (1977) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1978) · Jackie Cooper (1979) · Roger Young (1980) · Robert Butler (1981) · Harry Harris (1982) · Jeff Bleckner (1983) · Corey Allen (1984) · Karen Arthur (1985) · Georg Stanford Brown (1986) · Gregory Hoblit (1987) · Mark Tinker (1988) · Robert Altman (1989) · Thomas Carter / Scott Winant (1990) · Thomas Carter (1991) · Eric Laneuville (1992) · Barry Levinson (1993) · Daniel Sackheim (1994) · Mimi Leder (1995) · Jeremy Kagan (1996) · Mark Tinker (1997) · Mark Tinker / Paris Barclay (1998) · Paris Barclay (1999) · Thomas Schlamme (2000) Complete list: (1959–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special George Cukor (1975) · Daniel Petrie (1976) · Daniel Petrie (1977) · David Lowell Rich (1978) · David Greene (1979) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1980) · James Goldstone (1981) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1982) · John Erman (1983) · Jeff Bleckner (1984) · Lamont Johnson (1985) · Joseph Sargent (1986) · Glenn A. Jordan (1987) · Lamont Johnson (1988) · Simon Wincer (1989) · Joseph Sargent (1990) · Brian Gibson (1991) · Joseph Sargent (1992) · James Steven Sadwith (1993) · John Frankenheimer (1994) · John Frankenheimer (1995) · John Frankenheimer (1996) · Andrei Konchalovsky (1997) · John Frankenheimer (1998) · Allan Arkush (1999) · Charles S. Dutton (2000) Complete list: (1975-2000) · (2001-present)