Dave Powers (director)

Dave Powers (director)
This article is about the television director. For the special aide to JFK, see David Powers.

Dave Powers (1933 - July 3, 2008) was an American Emmy Award-winning television director and producer.

Powers was born in Big Bear Lake, California in 1933, and broke into show business working as an usher on The Dinah Shore Show. He later worked as an associate director before being hired by Carol Burnett to direct her variety program, The Carol Burnett Show. He remained with the show through its entire ten-year run and also directed Burnett in a number of prime-time specials. He went on to direct episodes of the television programs Three's Company, The Ropers, and Mama's Family. Powers won four Emmys for directing and received three additional nominations, and was also nominated twice for Directors Guild of America awards.

Dave Powers died July 3, 2008 in Palm Springs, California of skin cancer.

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