David Greene (Director)

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David Greene (born February 22, 1921 in Manchester as Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman , † April 7, 2003 in Ojai , California ) was a British film director , screenwriter and film producer . He has directed over 80 productions for film and television, including films such as The Locked Door , The Mysterious Mr. Sebastian and U-Boot in Not . For his numerous television productions, he won four Emmys and several nominations.

life and work

David Greene, born in Manchester in 1921, began his acting career in Lance Comfort's drama Daughter of Darkness in 1948 , starred a year later in Fergus McDonell's thriller The Voice of Conscience alongside Valerie Hobson and James Donald and in several other smaller British film productions in the early 1950s, before emigrating to Canada in 1953 to go behind the camera. In Toronto he was trained in television productions of the CBC , then he moved to California as a director.

In Hollywood, Greene was best known for film and television productions. Among the films were: Scandal at Scotland Yard with Michael York , The Steps of the Murderer with Jenny Agutter and Simon Ward , Godspell - Follow the Lord! with Victor Garber , U-Boot in Not with Charlton Heston and David Carradine or Jodie - Somewhere in Texas with Jan-Michael Vincent and the young Kim Basinger , who was at the beginning of her Hollywood career.

Greene also directed dozens of episodes from well-known television series in his long career , including episodes from Twilight Zone , Simon Templar , Preston & Preston , Die 2 , Reich & Arm , Ellery Queen or for the series Roots for which he is one of his four Emmy -Awards won.

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1990s, numerous television films followed, such as the 1975 television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas ' classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo with Richard Chamberlain , Trevor Howard , Louis Jourdan , Donald Pleasence and Tony Curtis , 1982 Rehearsal for a murder with Robert Preston and Lynn Redgrave , 1983 His Friend the Robot with Christopher Plummer , 1988 Liberace again with Victor Garber and 1992 The Fourth Commandment with Sharon Gless and William McNamara . In 1998 he directed his last television film with Mörderin aus Liebe with Tracey Gold .

When David Greene died on April 7, 2003 at the age of 82 in Ojai , California , he left behind his wife Kelly and four children.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1975: The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
  • 1977: Roots (TV series), 1 episode
  • 1979: To die for the fatherland (Friendly Fire)
  • 1981: Decision in Need (The Choice)
  • 1982: trial for murder (Rehearsal for Murder)
  • 1982: World War III
  • 1983: Sarah Bowman's Lone Fight (Ghost Dancing)
  • 1983: His friend, the robot (Prototype)
  • 1984: The Guardian (The Guardian)
  • 1984: A Woman Can't Forget (Sweet Revenge)
  • 1984: I'm not a murderer (Fatal Vision)
  • 1985: Louise Jamison's Many Deaths (Guilty Conscience)
  • 1985: This Child Is Mine
  • 1986: Three millionaires and a corpse (Triplecross)
  • 1986: The Trail of the Second Woman (Vanishing Act)
  • 1986: Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
  • 1986: Duel with Fate (Miles to Go ...)
  • 1987: A Woman Conquers Fear (The Betty Ford Story)
  • 1987: After the Promise
  • 1988: Inherit the Wind
  • 1988: Liberace : Behind the Music
  • 1989: Hours of Fear (The Penthouse)
  • 1989: Scream on the Abyss (Small Sacrifices)
  • 1990: abused by the father? (In the Best Interest of the Child)
  • 1991: What Really Happened to Baby Jane? (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)
  • 1991: Night of the Hunter
  • 1991: The Stranger from the Subway (... And Then She Was Gone)
  • 1992: The Fourth Commandment (Honor Thy Mother)
  • 1994: Cold Fire (Frostfire)
  • 1994: Date to Murder (Beyond Obsession)
  • 1995: The Revenge of the Hunted (Children of the Dust)
  • 1996: Bloody Power - So Help Us Murder (A Season in Purgatory)
  • 1996: Diana - A Life for Love (Princess in Love)
  • 1997: Family of Cops 2 - Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
  • 1998: The Girl Next Door (The Girl Next Door)

Awards

  • 1969: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama for the episode CBS Playhouse - The People Next Door
  • 1969: Nominee for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television for the episode CBS Playhouse - The People Next Door
  • 1973: Nomination for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Godspell - Follow the Lord!
  • 1974: Nomination together with John-Michael Tebelak for the Writers Guild of America Award in the category Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for the film Godspell - Follow the Lord!
  • 1976: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the episode Rich Man, Poor Man
  • 1977: Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series category for the episode Roots Part I.
  • 1978: Nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials / Movies for TV / Actuality for the television film Roots Part I.
  • 1979: Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special for the television film Friendly Fire
  • 1980: Nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials / Movies for TV / Actuality for the television film Friendly Fire
  • 1985: Nomination for an Emmy in the category Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special for the television film Fatal Vision

literature

  • David Greene in: Film Writers Ifilm Pub., 2001.
  • David Greene - "Filmography" by Michael Singer in: Film Directors - A Complete Guide. Lone Eagle Publishing, Beverly Hills, California 1992, 145, ISBN 0-943728-46-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Greene in: Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors , Volume 1, by Jerry Roberts, Scarecrow Press, 2009, p. 213
  2. ↑ Obituary for David Greene in: Variety  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
personal data
SURNAME Greene, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lederman, Lucius David Syms Brian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2003
Place of death Ojai , California, United States