David L. Wolper
| Biografia | |
|---|---|
| Naixement | 11 gener 1928  Nova York |
| Mort | 10 agost 2010 (82 anys) Beverly Hills (Califòrnia) |
| Causa de mort | malaltia de Parkinson |
| Sepultura | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Formació | Universitat del Sud de Califòrnia PS 6 Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School |
| Activitat | |
| Ocupació | productor de cinema, realitzador, productor de televisió, director de cinema, col·leccionista d'art |
| Família | |
| Cònjuge | Toni Carroll |
| Fills | Mark Wolper |
| 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 d'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». Arxivat de l'original el 2016-05-01. [Consulta: 17 desembre 2019].
- ↑ «'Primal Man' Crash». Check-six.com. [Consulta: 18 juny 2012].
- ↑ David L. Wolper, productor de la serie "Raíces", fallece a los 82 años
- ↑ «pel·lículaography». David L. Wolper. [Consulta: 18 juny 2012].
Enllaços externs
- David L. Wolper - Lloc web oficial (anglès)