Dwight Hemion
Born: 1926-03-14 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died: 2008-01-28
Known For: Production
Biography
Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr. (March 14, 1926 – January 28, 2008) was an American television director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations (47), and won 18 times, putting him at the top of his profession throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and well into the 1980s. He also won the Directors Guild of America's top TV award five times, six Ace awards and a Peabody award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwight Hemion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2010
1997
- Snowden on Ice ... (Director)
1996
- Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon ... (Director)
1994
- Barbra: The Concert ... (Director)
1992
- Neil Diamond: The Christmas Special ... (Director)
1990
- The Earth Day Special ... (Director)
- Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years ... (Executive Producer)
- Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs ... (Director)
1988
- Jackie Mason: The World According to Me! ... (Director)
- Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live ... (Director)
1987
- Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas ... (Director)
1986
- Barbra Streisand: One Voice ... (Director)
- Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays ... (Director)
1985
- Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa ... (Director)
1983
- Sheena Easton: Act One ... (Director)
- Here's Television Entertainment ... (Director)
1982
- Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary ... (Director)
- Goldie and Kids: Listen to Us ... (Director)
- EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration ... (Director)
1981
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream ... (Executive Producer)
1980
- Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls ... (Director)
- Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' ... (Director)
- Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary ... (Director)
- Baryshnikov on Broadway ... (Producer)
- Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre ... (Director)
- Linda in Wonderland ... (Executive Producer)
1979
- The Cheryl Ladd Special ... (Executive Producer)
1978
- The Star Wars Holiday Special ... (Executive Producer)
- Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin ... (Director)
- The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots ... (Director)
1977
- 3 Girls 3 ... (Creator)
- The Royal Variety Performance 1977 ... (Producer)
- Elvis in Concert ... (Director)
- Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas ... (Producer)
- Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back ... (Director)
- Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl ... (Director)
1976
- Peter Pan ... (Producer)
1975
- People's Choice Awards ... (Executive Producer)
- Ann-Margret Smith ... (Director)
- Funny Girl to Funny Lady ... (Director)
- Ann-Margret Olsson ... (Director)
1974
- The Sandy Duncan Special ... (Director)
1973
- Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments ... (Director)
- James Paul McCartney ... (Director)
- Acts of Love and Other Comedies ... (Director)
- Julie on Sesame Street ... (Director)
- Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La ... (Director)
1971
- Singer Presents Burt Bacharach ... (Director)
1970
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles ... (Producer)
- Petula ... (Director)
1967
- Woody Allen Looks at 1967 ... (Director)
1966
- Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II ... (Director)
- Color Me Barbra ... (Director)
- Christmas with Lorne Greene ... (Director)
1965
- My Name Is Barbra ... (Director)
1958
- Kraft Music Hall ... (Producer)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame ... (Executive Producer)