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Biography is an American documentary television series and media franchise created in the 1960s by David L. Wolper and owned by A&E Networks since 1987. Each episode depicts the life of a notable person with narration, on-camera interviews, photographs, and stock footage .
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David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and L.A. Confidential.
YearShow1949Funny Bunnies (36 episodes)1953Adventures of Superman (90 episodes)1954Baseball Hall of Fame (75 episodes)1954O.S.S. (32 episodes)And he did the first Biography series on TV in 1962. Time Magazine chose Wolper’s documentary D-Day as one of Top Ten Television Programs of 1962. In 1972 he produced the documentary feature film Visions of Eight , the official film of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Aug 12, 2010 · David L. Wolper, the award-winning television documentary producer best known for the blockbuster TV miniseries “Roots” and for the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies he created for the...
In 1949, Wolper left the University of Southern California to go into the television business. After an early failure in foreign-film distribution, Wolper took to the road, selling feature films to the more than 200 fledgling television stations opening up across the country. In many cases, he attended the actual openings of these stations.
Oct 21, 1990 · Television. DAVID WOLPER: Documenting a Talented Past. By Susan King. Oct. 21, 1990 12 AM PT. Every Monday for the next two years, the Arts & Entertainment Network will air “David L. Wolper...
David L. Wolper was born on 11 January 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Murder in the First (1995) and The Race for Space (1959).
