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Alan J. Levi on having more control when directing a TV movie compared to episodic television

Alan J. Levi on his experience directing miniseries

Alan J. Levi on how casting has changed throughout his career and his preference for in-person readings

Alan J. Levi on how casting has changed throughout his career and his preference for in-person readings

Anal J. Levi on handling actors that don't meet expectations

Alan J. Levi on how the lead actor establishes the environment on set

Alan J. Levin on working with musicians as guest stars and getting them to be themselves

Alan J. Levi on his approach to filming mysteries

Alan J. Levi on directing the TV special Without Warning: Terror in the Towers and shooting it live to have a fast turnaround time

On using the song "Mama" by Genesis in the "Death and Taxes" episode of Magnum, P.I.

Alan J. Levi on directing Frank Sinatra on Magnum, P.I.

Alan J. Levi on his approach to filming mysteries

Alan J. Levi on Jane Seymour addressing a guest actress who couldn't get her lines right when shooting an episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Alan J. Levi on working with Don P. Bellisario on Magnum, P.I.

Alan J. Levi on how being a pilot led to him producing Airwolf, and shifting to directing the show after a year of producing it

Alan J. Levi on working with Jan-Michael Vincent on Airwolf

Alan J. Levi on how dangerous the set of Airwolf could be and a helicopter accident that happened

Alan J. Levi on directing Frank Sinatra on Magnum, P.I.

Alan J. Levi on directing Cicely Tyson on an episode of B.L. Stryker called "Winner Takes All" (Ed. note: Mr. Levi would like to correct that in this story Cicely Tyson was in a scene with Burt Reynolds, not Tom)

Alan J. Levi on Burt Reynolds getting angry with him on the set of B.L. Stryker

Alan J. Levi on directing Quantum Leap

Alan J. Levi on how he got involved with Columbo as producer and director

Alan J. Levi on directing the "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" episode of Columbo with his wife, Sondra Currie, Peter Falk's wife, Shera Danese, and Dabney Coleman cast for the episode

Alan J. Levi on directing the "Death and Taxes" episode of Magnum, P.I.

Alan J. Levi on directing the TV movie The Legend of the Golden Gun

Alan J. Levi on directing the TV movie Without Warning: Terror in the Towers on the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center

Alan J. Levi on directing the TV movie Without Warning: Terror in the Towers about the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

On Peter Falk's false eye moving while filming the Columbo episode "Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown"; on working with George Clooney in Without Warning: Terror in the Towers; on directing the “Men in Pink” episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journey and filming in New Zealand; on directing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Sleeper"; on directing an episode of ER and working with Noah Wyle

On filming on an active aircraft carrier on JAG; on directing and editing a pilot written by David Johnson called Supernova; on working on a short film titled Take my Hand written by Eileen Grubba

On what he loves about directing; on preferring the pace of working in television compared to film; on building VidiFilm and how it’s been applied in different industries; on how technological changes have improved production and post-production