- Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson (ca.
1932 -June 30 ,2002 ) was an Americantelevision director , best known for his work as the director of theNBC program "Saturday Night Live " from 1975 to 1986 and 1989 to 1995. Wilson retired at the end of the show's 20th season, and also appeared on-screen as part of comedy sketches that took place in the show's control room.During his "SNL" tenure, Wilson was nominated for an
Emmy award for thePaul Simon episode during "SNL"'s second year.Non-"SNL" related work
Also at NBC, Wilson served as a director for the late-night music performance program "
Sunday Night " during its two season run from 1988 to 1990 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094558/ "Sunday Night"] , Internet Movie Database, episodes #104 (1988), #113 (1989), #114 (1989), 121 (1989)] , and for many other live events as well, including theMiss America Pageant .Death
Wilson died of an
aortic aneurysm inParsippany, New Jersey .References
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