Interview Robert MacNeil In his seven-hour interview, Robert MacNeil (1931-2024) speaks about his long and illustrious career in journalism, starting in London with Independent Television (ITV) and later with Reuters. He recalls being hired at the NBC bureau in London, covering the Berlin crisis (when the Berlin Wall was...
Interview Stephen J. Cannell In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Stephen J. Cannell (1941-2010) talks about the challenges of battling dyslexia and using his innate storytelling ability to break into the television business. He describes his work with Jack Webb on the series Adam-12 for which he served as head writer/story...
Interview Pat Hitchcock In her one-hour interview, Pat Hitchcock O'Connell (1928-2021) shares her memories of her early life in the United Kingdom and moving to the United States as a child in the wake of World War II. She recalls her early visits to the movie sets of her father, Alfred Hitchcock, her education at the...
Interview Dixon Dern In his four-hour interview, Dixon Dern talks about his early career working as an in-house attorney for the animation production company United Productions of America, and talks about how his work was affected by the Hollywood Blacklist. He discusses working in the legal department as an associate...
