Eric Bercovici

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Eric Bercovici (born February 27, 1933 in New York City , † February 9, 2014 in Honolulu ) was an American television producer and screenwriter .

Life

Bercovici presented his first work as a writer together with his father Leonardo , whose film Square of Violence he wrote. In his career he should only continue to work for feature films, but the majority of his scripts are templates for television films and series. He was a writer for Love, American Style , tennis rackets and cannons , solo for ONCEL , Kobra, take over and Hawaii Five-Zero Active. His greatest success was with the script for the NBC production Shogun in 1980, for which he was awarded a Primetime Emmy . Further work for the station was in 1988 Noble House . In 1977 he wrote for ABC Washington: Behind Closed Doors ; his most important work for the screen is probably John Boorman's We Are Hell in 1968.

Since 1972 he has also produced various television films as well as u. a. the successful mini-series mentioned above.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1961: Square of Violence
  • 1967: Totem (Day of the Evil Gun)
  • 1968: Hell in the Pacific (Hell in the Pacific)
  • 1969: Change of Habit (Change of Habit)
  • 1971: Greenhorn (The Culpepper Cattle Company)
  • 1973: Big Deal (Assignment Munich) (TV movie)
  • 1974: Three the Hard Way
  • 1975: One slammed in front of the bib (La parola di un fuorilegge ... è legge!)
  • 1975: hatred knows no season (Out of Season)
  • 1977: Washington: Behind Closed Doors ( Washington: Behind Closed Doors ) (miniseries)
  • 1978: Adventures in Key West (Hunters of the Reef) (Movie made for TV)
  • 1980: Shogun (Shogun) (miniseries)
  • 1982: Chicago Story (TV series)
  • 1982: Dead get no mail (One Shoe Makes it Murder)
  • 1986: Top Missile (The Fifth Missile) (TV movie)
  • 1988: Noble House (Noble House) (miniseries)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eric Bercovici in: Los Angeles Times
  2. ^ Obituary in the Variety
personal data
SURNAME Bercovici, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2014
Place of death Honolulu