Leonard Katzman (September 2, 1927 - September 5, 1996) is an American film and television producer, writer and director, best known for being a pioneer (formerly a producer, and then executive producer) major in soap operas time Dallas .
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Early life and career
Leonard Katzman was born in New York City, New York on September 2, 1927, and started his career in the 1940s, as a teenager, working as an assistant director for his uncle, Hollywood producer Sam Katzman. He started on adventure movie series such as Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Superman (1948), Batman and Robin (1949), Captain Kidd's Great Adventure (1951), Driving with Buffalo Bill (1954), et al. During the 1950s he continued to work as an assistant director, mostly with his uncle, in films such as A Yank in Korea (1951), The Giant Claw (1957), Face of a Fugitive (1959) and Angel Baby (1961). In addition to working large screens, Katzman also served on television shows, including Wild Bill Hickok Adventure, The Mickey Rooney Show and Bat Masterson .
In 1960, Katzman made his production debut, serving not only as an assistant director but also as an associate producer, in all four seasons of the adventure drama Route 66 (1960-1964), which he later considered his favorite production. His initial additional work in television production (and sometimes writing and directing) included showing the crime drama Tallahassee 7000 (1961), west drama The Wild Wild West (1965-1969) , the second season of the Hawaiian Five-O crime drama (1969-1970), the law drama Shop Lawyers (1970-1971), the last five seasons of the western drama Gunsmoke Petrocelli (1974-1976) for which he was nominated as Edgar Allan Poe Award, and two science fiction dramas The Fantastic Journey (1977) and Logan Run (1977-1978). In 1965, he wrote, produced and directed the science fiction film Space Space Taurus (also known as Space Monster). Apart from his job as a director's assistant, this is his only effort in feature films.
Dallas
In 1978, Katzman served as a producer for the five-part Dallas miniseries, which will evolve into one of the longest television dramas, which lasted until 1991. While the series was made by David Jacobs, Katzman became de facto shows runners during the second season of the show, when Jacobs resigns to make and then run the Knots Landing spinoff. Under Katzman's leadership, Dallas , whose first episode consisted of stand-alone stories, evolved into a series, leading to the '80s' trend of prime time soap opera.
While Katzman headed Dallas, writing staff from the second season of the show, he remained a producer, with Philip Capice serving as executive producer. The creative conflict between Capice and Katzman ultimately resulted in Katzman resigning from his production duties on the show for the ninth season, instead of being billed as a "creative consultant" (he has also worked on the short-lived drama series Our Family Honor ). However, increased production costs and downgrades led to production company Lorimar - along with star series Larry Hagman (J. R. Ewing) - asking Katzman to return to the show in his old capacity. Katzman agreed, reported under the condition that he would have "total authority" on the show, and at the tenth season premiere he was promoted to executive producer, and Capice was released.
Katzman remained an executive producer at "Dallas" until the end of the series in May 1991. In addition to his production work, he also wrote and directed more series episodes than anyone else.
After Dallas
After the conclusion of "Dallas", Katzman went on to make a short-lived crime drama Dangerous Curves (1992-1993), which aired as part of the CBS weekend drama, Crimetime After Primetime, and served as executive producer for the second season of the Walker, Texas Ranger action drama (1994-1995). His last work was the 1996 reunion movie "Dallas" J.R. Returns , which he also wrote and directed.
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Personal life and death
Leonard Katzman is married to LaRue Katzman who has three children. Her daughter, actress Sherril Lynn Rettino (1956-1995), precedes her father for a year. He played the recurring character of Jackie Dugan at Dallas 1979-19 1991. His son Mitchell Wayne Katzman, Frank Katzman and son-in-law John Rettino, worked on Dallas production later in the season. Both sons are also involved in the production of Dangerous Curves ; Walker, Texas Ranger ; and J. R. Returns .
Katzman died of a heart attack in Malibu, California on September 5, 1996, three days after his 69th birthday, and more than two months before his final production show, Dallas: J.R. Returns . He was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Katzman is the father of the fourth child, Gary Katzman, with another woman. The boy was finally adopted and took Klein's family name. Katzman is the biological grandfather of Ethan Klein from the Israeli-American YouTube h3h3Productions YouTube channel, which is Gary's son.
Movieography
Excludes work as a director's assistant.
Awards
1997: Lone Star Film & amp; Television Awards - Special Awards
References
External links
- Leonard Katzman at IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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