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)
1992
- Neil Diamond: The Christmas Special ... (Producer)
1990
- The Earth Day Special ... (Director)
- Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs ... (Director)
1988
- Jackie Mason: The World According to Me! ... (Director)
- Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live ... (Producer)
1987
- Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas ... (Director)
1986
- Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays ... (Director)
- Barbra Streisand: One Voice ... (Director)
1985
- Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa ... (Director)
1983
- Sheena Easton: Act One ... (Director)
- Here's Television Entertainment ... (Director)
1982
- Goldie and Kids: Listen to Us ... (Producer)
- Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary ... (Director)
- EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration ... (Director)
1981
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream ... (Director)
1980
- Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary ... (Director)
- Linda in Wonderland ... (Executive Producer)
- Baryshnikov on Broadway ... (Producer)
- Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls ... (Director)
- Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre ... (Director)
- Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' ... (Director)
1979
- The Cheryl Ladd Special ... (Executive Producer)
1978
- The Star Wars Holiday Special ... (Executive Producer)
- The Story of the Faithful Wookiee ... (Executive Producer)
- Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin ... (Director)
1977
- Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back ... (Director)
- Elvis in Concert ... (Director)
- Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl ... (Director)
- Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas ... (Producer)
- 3 Girls 3 ... (Creator)
1976
- Peter Pan ... (Producer)
- Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La ... (Director)
1975
- People's Choice Awards ... (Executive Producer)
- Funny Girl to Funny Lady ... (Director)
- Ann-Margret Smith ... (Director)
- Ann-Margret Olsson ... (Director)
1974
- The Sandy Duncan Special ... (Director)
1973
- Acts of Love and Other Comedies ... (Producer)
- Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments ... (Director)
- James Paul McCartney ... (Director)
- Julie on Sesame Street ... (Producer)
1971
- Singer Presents Burt Bacharach ... (Director)
1970
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles ... (Producer)
- Petula ... (Director)
1967
- Woody Allen Looks at 1967 ... (Director)
1966
- Color Me Barbra ... (Director)
- Christmas with Lorne Greene ... (Producer)
- Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II ... (Director)
1965
- My Name Is Barbra ... (Director)
1958
- Kraft Music Hall ... (Producer)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame ... (Executive Producer)