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In his two-hour interview, Ken Burns talks about his modest upbringing and his early interest in filmmaking. He describes creating his own company in the 1970s, Florentine Films, and the...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Ret Turner (1929-2016) describes his two-decade-long association with NBC that began in the mid-1950s. He talks about several of the shows he worked on in the...

In his two-hour interview, Harvey Bullock (1921-2006) talks about his early love of writing and breaking into the business in radio and, with partner Ray Allen, early television. Bullock describes...

In his six-hour interview, John Frankenheimer (1930-2002) describes his early television work as an assistant director on You Are There, Danger, and Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person. He speaks...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Aaron Ruben (1914-2010) discusses his start as a radio writer for many popular stars including Dinah Shore, Burns and Allen, Fred Allen, Henry Morgan, and Milton...

In his three-hour interview, Larry Hagman (1931-2012) speaks about his early days acting on the stage, including a London run of South Pacific, in which he appeared with his mother...

In his five-hour interview, Martin Manulis (1915-2007) talks about the Golden Age of Television and the challenges of producing live television anthologies, especially his greatest contribution to television, the critically...

In his over two-hour interview, Fred Foy (1921-2010) talks about his first work in broadcasting at the 250-watt radio station WMBC, where he worked for on-the-job experience. He talks about...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Mitch Miller (1911-2010) talks about his early musical interests and playing the oboe in high school. He talks about his first professional jobs in Rochester, NY...

In the one-and-a-half-hour solo portion of his interview, Harvey Korman (1927-2008) speaks about studying under actress Uta Hagen and talks about some of his earliest television roles. He recalls working...

In his over two-and-a-half-hour interview, Roy E. Disney (1930-2009) describes the early history of the Disney company and the role that his father, Roy O. Disney, and uncle Walt Disney...

In his nearly four-hour interview, Jerry Mathers talks about his start as a child model from the age of two, which led to his acting career in live television in...

In his three-hour interview, Jac Venza (1926-2024) talks about his early years and moving to New York City for a career in theater. He describes going to work for CBS...

In his three-hour interview, James Garner (1928-2014) discusses his early life and what attracted him to acting. He describes his days as a struggling actor/model and tells of his big...

In his two-hour interview, Frank Liberman (1917-2009) chronicles his early career at the New York Daily News and then at Warner Bros. in New York and Chicago, where he began...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Mel Shavelson (1917-2007) talks about starting out as a press agent with Milt Josefsberg in 1938 and moving to Los Angeles the following year, with Mr...

In his three-hour interview, Newton N. Minow (1926-2023) discusses how he began his legal career as a law clerk to Chief Justice Fred Vinson. He describes how he went on...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Donner (1930-2021) talks about his start as an actor in New York and the career-changing moment when director Martin Ritt told him that he should...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Carroll Pratt (1921-2010) talks about his start in feature films at MGM in the sound department where his father worked. He speaks in great detail about...

In his nearly four-hour interview, John Moffitt describes his start in television as a production assistant on The Ed Sullivan Show. He details rising through the ranks to become an...