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In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Charles Lisanby (1924-2013) talks about how, at age ten, he built a scale model of Radio City Music Hall based on an article he read that...

In his over two-and-a-half-hour interview, David Jacobs (1939-2023) discusses his long career as a writer of non-fiction books, including a biography of Charlie Chaplin, and of magazine articles for such...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Charles Fox talks about his musical education, which included studying with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1959-61. He speaks about breaking into composing for television, writing...

In her four-hour interview, Meta Rosenberg (1915-2004) speaks of her early success as one of the first women literary executives in Hollywood. She recalls taking a break from Hollywood when...

In his two-hour interview, Steve Binder talks about his early work at Los Angeles' KABC, and directing The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show in the early 1960s. He discusses at length...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Haim Saban talks about his childhood in Egypt and Israel, and his early ambition to go into business. He discusses his first foray into the music...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Fatima Robinson discusses her early interest in dance and hip-hop, and how she got her start dancing in and choreographing music videos. She talks about meeting...

In her four-hour interview, Lyn Paolo describes growing up in Sunderland, England in a working-class town and developing an early interest in the movies and Hollywood of the 1960s. She...

In her almost three-hour interview, Kim Kimble talks about growing up in Los Angeles and the inspiration she took from her mother and grandmother, who were both hair stylists. She...

In his four-hour interview, Alan J. Levi discusses his early interests in electronics and photography, as well as his pre-college productions, Keep Your Spirits High and On Leave for Love...

In the two-hour solo portion of his interview, Anthony Geary (1947-2025) describes his early interest in movies and his acting ambitions. He talks about his move to Los Angeles, appearing...

In his four-hour interview, Rob Reiner (1947-2025) talks about growing up surrounded by the group of comedy legends that included his father, Carl, Sid Caesar, and Mel Brooks. He discusses...

In his nearly-four-hour interview, Robert Hooks talks about his childhood in Washington, D.C. and how he became interested in acting. He shares how seeing the play A Raisin in the...

In his five-hour interview, Peter Arnett (1934-2025) talks about his early years, and his first journalism jobs, at newspapers like The Southland Times and The Sydney Sun. He describes his...

In his over-two-hour interview, Mike Gargiulo (1926-2021) talks about growing up in Brooklyn, attending the University of Missouri, and his early interest in pursuing a career in television. He discusses...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, William Shatner describes his early years in Canadian theater and his debut on American television. He discusses appearances on many live shows including Playhouse 90, Studio...

In his two-and-a-half-hour remote TheirStory interview, David McCallum (1933-2023) describes his early years in Scotland and England, and how he got involved with BBC radio and BBC television as a...

In his one-hour-plus interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Louis Nye talks about his start in radio on WTIC, where he found his footing as a performer...

In her one-hour interview, Carol Burnett talks about her experiences in college theater and her early television appearances. She recalls her role as a regular on the variety series The...

In her nearly three-hour-interview, Suzuki Ingerslev talks about growing up in Los Angeles, being a physics major at Berkeley, and becoming an architect. She describes her work as an architect...