Dwight Hemion

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-03-14 (82 years old)

Deathday

2008-01-28

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Dwight Hemion

Biography

Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr. (March 14, 1926 – January 28, 2008) was an American television director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations (47), and won 18 times, putting him at the top of his profession throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and well into the 1980s. He also won the Directors Guild of America's top TV award five times, six Ace awards and a Peabody award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwight Hemion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Production

1976

Peter Pan

as Executive Producer

1976

Peter Pan

as Producer

1981

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

as Executive Producer

1983

1977

Elvis in Concert

as Director

1977

Elvis in Concert

as Producer

1990

1966

Color Me Barbra

as Producer

1978

The Star Wars Holiday Special

as Executive Producer

1965

1966

Color Me Barbra

as Director

1979

The Cheryl Ladd Special

as Executive Producer

1976

Peter Pan

as Director

1970

Petula

as Director

1975

1975

1973

1973

1973

1997

Snowden on Ice

as Director

1980

Linda in Wonderland

as Executive Producer

1978

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