George Watters

In his two-hour interview, George Watters talks about his World War II duty and his first entertainment business job, which was at Technicolor in Los Angeles. He describes in detail his duties and promotions at Technicolor, his first editor's job, and the craft of editing with a Moviola machine. He discusses working as an editor on series such as Rawhide, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Have Gun - Will Travel, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Watters recalls his position as director of post-production services at Paramount Studios where he oversaw the post-production of the series Mork & Mindy, The Bad News Bears, Taxi, Happy Days, and Laverne & Shirley, as well as the mini-series Shogun. Michael Rosen conducted the interview in a joint venture with American Cinema Editors (ACE) on July 17, 2001 in Universal City, CA.