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This is a list of people who started their careers in serials, silent films, shorts or features, for minor or major studios. They all eventually ended up in television, where they ended their careers.
Outside the US, it is more common for filmmakers to move freely between the two mediums. It is only in the 21st century that filmmakers in the US have moved freely back and forth between the two mediums. Many television directors also work in made for TV films or low budget independent film.
Filmmakers such as R.G. Springsteen, Wiilliam Witney, and Phil Karlson, who ended up in television but also continued to regularly direct films, are not included in this list. Every "elephant" on this list has a point in their career where television becomes the "graveyard" they end their lives in, a term Christopher Wicking and Tise Vahimagi coined in their TV director book The American Vein, whose list of the same name forms the basis of this one.
Outside the US, it is more common for filmmakers to move freely between the two mediums. It is only in the 21st century that filmmakers in the US have moved freely back and forth between the two mediums. Many television directors also work in made for TV films or low budget independent film.
Filmmakers such as R.G. Springsteen, Wiilliam Witney, and Phil Karlson, who ended up in television but also continued to regularly direct films, are not included in this list. Every "elephant" on this list has a point in their career where television becomes the "graveyard" they end their lives in, a term Christopher Wicking and Tise Vahimagi coined in their TV director book The American Vein, whose list of the same name forms the basis of this one.
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