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On the diversity of the Roots crew and on his interaction with Alex Haley; on the success of Roots; on the legacy of Roots 07:19
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots
Joseph M. Wilcots on doing cinematography for Roots 28:32
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Genre: TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials
Joseph M. Wilcots on the diversity of the Roots crew and on his interaction with Alex Haley 03:59
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Person: Alex Haley
Joseph M. Wilcots on the directors of Roots - Marvin J. Chomsky 01:25
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Person: Marvin J. Chomsky
Joseph M. Wilcots on the directors of Roots - Gilbert Moses 00:51
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Person: Gilbert Moses
Joseph M. Wilcots on the challenges of lighting Roots 03:53
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Profession: Production Professionals
Joseph M. Wilcots on the challenges of lighting Roots 03:53
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Profession: Cinematographer
Joseph M. Wilcots on staging the Roots scenes in which "Kunta Kinte's" foot is cut off and where "Kissy" is taken from her family 04:16
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots
Joseph M. Wilcots on the diversity of the Roots crew and on his interaction with Alex Haley 03:59
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots
Joseph M. Wilcots on how he came to be involved with Roots 03:46
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Show: Roots
Joseph M. Wilcots on the challenges of lighting Roots 03:54
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Show: Roots
Joseph M. Wilcots on staging the Roots scenes in which "Kunta Kinte's" foot is cut off and where "Kissy" is taken from her family 04:16
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Show: Roots
Joseph M. Wilcots on the diversity of the Roots crew and on his interaction with Alex Haley 03:59
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Show: Roots
Joseph M. Wilcots on staging the Roots scenes in which "Kunta Kinte's" foot is cut off and where "Kissy" is taken from her family 04:16
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Topic: Memorable Moments on Television
Joseph M. Wilcots on staging the Roots scenes in which "Kunta Kinte's" foot is cut off and where "Kissy" is taken from her family 04:16
Interview: Joseph M. Wilcots | Topic: We Cried
On moving to Ireland, and on directing some PBS music shows; on being coaxed out of retirement to direct The David Letterman Show; on what it was like returning to directing talk shows with The David Letterman Show, and on what made the show different 12:53
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On David Letterman rehearsing and working out bits for The David Letterman Show; on the early qualities that made David Letterman a good host on The David Letterman Show, and on introducing him to Jack Paar; on The David Letterman Show producer Barry Sand 04:52
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On his friendship with David Letterman during his years directing Late Night with David Letterman; on The David Letterman Show being cancelled after a short run, and on the show winning a daytime Emmy; on coming back with Letterman to direct Late Night with David Letterman in 1982 07:32
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On the opening of the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman with Larry "Bud" Melman; on the differences between The David Letterman Show and Late Night with David Letterman; on Bill Murray being the first guest on Late Night with David Letterman 04:47
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On how David Letterman compared to other talk show hosts he worked with, and on Letterman on air persona on Late Night with David Letterman; on working with the Late Night with David Letterman writing staff, and on bits like the SkyCam and the ThrillCam; on David Letterman doing remotes outside the studio on Late Night with David Letterman 08:10
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On directing an episode of Late Night with David Letterman in an airplane; on how GE taking over NBC impacted Late Night with David Letterman; on doing on-air bits on Late Night with David Letterman, including "Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killers" 06:20
Interview: Hal Gurnee
On Late Night with David Letterman announcer Bill Wendell, stage manager Biff Henderson, and writer/performer Chris Elliott; on classic Late Night with David Letterman bits including the velcro suit, and the akla seltzer suit; on classic Late Night with David Letterman bits like Stupid Pet Tricks and the Top Ten List 08:16
Interview: Hal Gurnee