- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Arthur Allan Seidelman is an award-winning American television, film, and
theatre director and an occasional writer and producer.Born in
New York City [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Arthur-Allan-Seidelman.html Arthur Allan Seidelmen at FilmReference.com] ] , Seidelman made his screen directorial debut with "Hercules in New York ", a 1970 comedy-action film starringArnold Schwarzenegger . Additional credits include "The Caller ", "Walking Across Egypt", "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze ", and "The Sisters".Most of Seidelman's career has been spent in television, directing movies such as "
Macbeth ", "Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante andKenny Kimes ", and "A Christmas Carol"; episodes of series such as "Fame", "The Paper Chase", "Knots Landing ", "Hill Street Blues ", "Magnum, P.I. ", "Murder, She Wrote ", "Trapper John, M.D. ", "L.A. Law ", and "A Year in the Life ", among others; and several "ABC Afterschool Specials". The latter won him twoDaytime Emmy Award s for Outstanding Individual Direction in Children's Programming. He also has won theWriters Guild of America Award for his contribution to the 1982 all-star variety special "I Love Liberty", featuringBarbra Streisand ,Shirley MacLaine ,Frank Sinatra , andDionne Warwick , as well as twoChristopher Award s.Seidelman's Broadway career has been less successful. "Billy", a 1969 musical adaptation of "
Billy Budd ", closed on opening night. "Vieux Carré", a 1977 play byTennessee Williams , ran for six performances, and in 2003, "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" closed less than two months after it began previews. He directed a revival of "The Most Happy Fella " for theNew York City Opera in 1991. Forregional theatre s, he has directed "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ", "The Little Foxes ", "A Man for All Seasons ", "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd ", "Romeo and Juliet ", "Stop the World - I Want to Get Off ", and "The Tempest ", among others.References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782381/ Arthur Allan Seidelman at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=90765 Arthur Allan Seidelman at the Internet Broadway Database]
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