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George Lefferts is a Writer/Producer/Director of television dramas,motion pictures,documentaries, and plays, and a former columnist for The New York Observer. He has won three Emmy Awards, for "The Purex Specials for Women", [Best Documentary Series, NBC]; "The Lives of Benjamin Franklin", [Best Miniseries, CBS]; and "Teacher, Teacher", [Best Drama. CBS]. He has also won the Golden Globe Award of the Foreign Press Association for "Specials for Women", NBC; the Albert Lasker Medical Award for "What Price Health", with Sen. Ted Kennedy, NBC; two consecutive New England Press Ass'n First Place Awards for Best Weekly Newspaper Column for "The New York Observer" & "The Litchfield County Times"]; the National Media Award for "The Trapped Housewife, Purex Specials for Women" NBC; the Cine Golden Eagle Award for Best Industrial Film for "Moonflights & Medicine", for Merck; the Producers Guild Award for "The Breaking Point", ABC; the Peabody Award for "Biographies in Sound", NBC; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for "Medical Emergency", NBC; a nomination for the Christopher Award for Outstanding Writing for "Never Say Goodbye", CBS; and the Writers Guild Award for "One Life to Live", ABC.

His writing credits include "Bravo Picasso!" NBC, with Pablo Picasso, Yves Montand, and Jacqueline Kennedy]; The Trial of Jean Harris", NBC, with Ellen Burstyne; and "The Living End", NBC.

His motion picture credits include the feature film "Mean Dog Blues," [Writer-Producer] starring George Kennedy;and twenty-six movies for television including "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful" [Writer-Producer] starring Phil Silvers, Victoria Principal & Chuck Connors; "Bird & Snake"[Producer] starring Robert Redford; "Solo for B-flat Clarinet"[Writer-Producer] directed by Sydney Pollack, "Dson;t Cry, Baby" [Writer-Producer] with Sherry North and "The Gnu, Almost Extinct,"[Producer] with Lillian Gish and Walter Pidgeon.

His producing credits include "The Smithsonian Insitution Specials", CBS; "Ryans Hope", ABC [original producer, daytime drama]; "Alcoa Preview", ABC; "The Breaking Point", ABC [weekly series]; "Confidential for Women", ABC, daytime drama-documentary]; "Ben Franklin", CBS [miniseries]

He has served as Executive Producer for NBC, ABC, CBS, and David Wolper Productions. Recent works [1999-2002] include a pilot "Scandalous Art, with Maury Povich, Bravo; book, music and lyrics for "Beachballs!", original musical; and "The Boat", drama for production at The Helen Hayes Theater in 2005.

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