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...
Interview Tim Russert In his twenty-minute interview, Tim Russert (1950-2008) speaks about his early years growing up in Buffalo, NY and his decision to go to law school. He talks about his transition to television news, joining NBC News in 1984 as a vice president, and working closely with his mentor, NBC president...
Interview Sonia Manzano In her one-and-a-half-hour interview, Sonia Manzano talks about her role as "Maria" on the classic children's series Sesame Street , which she had played continuously for the entire 35-year run of the show up to the time of the interview. She describes her audition for the show, a typical...
Interview Max Schindler In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Max Schindler (1930-2022) talks about his early years as a cameraman/production manager in 1950's local television. He describes his foray into network television in the 1960s as an associate director on David Brinkley's Journal and speaks of his subsequent...