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George Schaefer
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Served in the Pacific in the U.S. Army during World War II and directed about 50 plays for the troops.
Tied with TV director
James Burrows
for most nominations from Director Guild of America.
In the early 1950s, he directed the first live TV productions of "Hamlet" and "Richard II".
Appointed by President
Ronald Reagan
as a Member of Board of the National Council on the Arts, 1982 to 1988.
Chairman and later associate dean at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Theater, Film and Television, 1985-1991.
(1979-1981) President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
Won Broadway's 1954 Tony Award as Best Producer (Dramatic) with collaborator
Maurice Evans
for "The Teahouse of the August Moon."
During World War II, directed 50 plays for the Central Pacific Base command.
With Merrill H. Karpf, founded Schaefer/Karpf Productions in 1982.
Studied at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and at the Yale School of Drama.
Has directed ten Emmy Award-winning performances:
Julie Harris
in
Little Moon of Alban (1958)
,
Judith Anderson
in
Macbeth (1960)
,
Pamela Brown
in
Victoria Regina (1961)
,
Julie Harris
in
Victoria Regina (1961)
,
Ruth White
in
Little Moon of Alban (1964)
,
Alfred Lunt
in
The Magnificent Yankee (1965)
,
Lynn Fontanne
in
The Magnificent Yankee (1965)
,
Peter Ustinov
in
Barefoot in Athens (1966)
,
Hal Holbrook
in
Lincoln (1974)
: Season 2 and
Anthony Hopkins
in
The Bunker (1981)
.
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