American television and film producer
David L. Wolper
Born David Lloyd Wolper
(1928-01-11 ) January 11, 1928Died August 10, 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 82) Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Hollywood Hills , California, U.S.Occupation(s) television and film producer Spouse(s) Toni Carroll (1953–1955; divorced)Margaret Dawn Richard (1958–1969; divorced) Children 3
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 North and South Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory L.A. Confidential Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle Academy Award .
Wolper was born in New York City, into an eastern European Jewish family, the son of Anna (née Fass) and Irving S. Wolper.[ 1] Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa before transferring to the University of Southern California .[ 2]
Wolper directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space Academy Award , and others including Biography The Making of the President 1960 Four Days in November Metromedia for $3.6 million in 1964.[ 3] [ 4] Cube Entertainment (formerly International Creative Exchange), while the post-1970 library (along with Wolper's production company, Wolper Productions, now known as The Wolper Organization[ 5] [ 6] Warner Bros. since November 1976.[ 7]
In 1969, Wolper received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement .[ 8]
He won an Academy Award for the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Appointment With Destiny (1971–73 TV series), Visions of Eight This Is Elvis Imagine: John Lennon
On March 13, 1974, one of his crews filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when their Sierra Pacific Airlines Corvair 440 slammed into the White Mountains shortly after takeoff from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California , killing all 35 on board, including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television series Primal Man . The cause of the crash remains unsolved.[ 9]
In 1984, he helped bring the Olympic Games to Los Angeles and produced the opening and closing ceremonies.[ 10] Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards the following year.[ 10]
In 1988, Wolper was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame .[ 11] Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Wolper died on August 10, 2010, of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at his Beverly Hills home.[ 12] Forest Lawn Memorial Park 's Hollywood Hills cemetery.
His company was involved in the following productions. He was a distributor of the early shows, and became an executive producer with The Race for Space in 1958.[ 13]
Year Show 1949 Funny Bunnies 1953 Adventures of Superman 1954 Baseball Hall of Fame 1954 O.S.S. 1954 Grand Ole Opry 1955 Congressional Investigator 1958 Men from Boys - The First Eight Weeks 1958 The Race for Space 1959 Project: Man in Space 1960 Hollywood: The Golden Years 1961 Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story 1961 The Rafer Johnson Story 1962 Hollywood: The Great Stars 1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era 1962 D-Day June 6, 1944 1962 Biography 1962–1963 Story of... 1963 Hollywood and the Stars 1963 Escape to Freedom 1963 Kreboizen and Cancer: Thirteen Years of Bitter Conflict 1963 The Passing Years: Rework of Story of a Year 1927 1963 The Making of the President, 1960 1963–1964 Specials for United Artists 1964 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe 1964 The Quest for Peace 1964 A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1964 Men in Crisis 1964 Four Days in November 1965 France: Conquest to Liberation 1965 Korea: The 38th Parallel 1965 Prelude to War (Beginning of World War II) 1965 Japan: A New Dawn over Asia (Japan in the 20th Century) 1965 007: The Incredible World of James Bond 1965 Let My People Go: The Story of Israel 1965 October Madness: The World Series 1965 Race for the Moon 1965 Miss Television U.S.A. 1965 The Really Big Family: The Duke of Seattle & Their 18 Children 1965 Revolution in Our Time 1965 The Bold Men 1965 The General 1965 The Teenage Revolution 1965 The Way Out Men 1965 In Search of Man 1965 Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon 1965 Revolution in the 3 R's 1965 The Thin Blue Line 1965 In Search of Man 1965 Silent Partners 1965–1966 The March of Time 1965–1975 National Geographic Society Specials 1966 The Making of the President, 1964 1966 Wall Street Where the Money Is 1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House 1966 Destination Safety 1966 China: Roots of Madness 1966–1968 The World of Animals 1967 The Big Land 1967 A Nation of Immigrants 1967 Untamed World 1967 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood 1967 Movin' with Nancy 1967–1968 Do Blondes Have More Fun? 1967–1968 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau 1968 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 1968 The Dangerous Years 1968 California 1968 With Love, Sophia 1968 Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose 1968 Sophia: A Self Portrait 1968 The Highlights of the Ice Capades 1968 1968 On the Trail of Stanley and Livingstone 1968 Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1968 The Devil's Brigade 1968 The Making of the President, 1968 1969 The Bridge at Remagen 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969 Los Angeles: Where It's At 1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert F. Kennedy 1970 I Love My Wife 1970–1972 The Plimpton Specials 1971 Say Goodbye 1971 They've Killed President Lincoln 1971 The Hellstrom Chronicle 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971–1973 Appointment With Destiny 1972 King, Queen, Knave 1972 One Is a Lonely Number 1972 Here Comes Tomorrow: The Fear Fighters 1972 Republican Party Films 1972 Make Mine Red, White and Blue 1972 Top of The Month (3 half-hour specials) 1972 Of Thee I Sing 1972–1973 The Explorers 1973 The 500 Pound Jerk 1973 Wattstax 1973 Visions of Eight 1973–1974 Primal Man Specials 1973–1975 The American Heritage Specials 1974 This Week In The NBA (Series of 20 half-hours) 1974 NBA Game of the Week Featurettes 1974 Get Christie Love! 1974 Judgment Specials 1974 The Morning After 1974 Unwed Father 1974 Men of the Dragon 1974 The First Woman President 1974 Love from A to Z 1974 Birds Do It, Bees Do It 1974 The Animal Within 1974 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus 1974–1975 Get Christie Love! 1974–1975 Smithsonian Specials 1974–1975 Sandburg's Lincoln 1974–1976 Chico and the Man 1975 Death Stalk 1975 I Will Fight No More Forever 1975–1976 Welcome Back, Kotter 1976 Brenda Starr 1976 Collision Course 1976 Celebration: The American Spirit 1976 The Unexplained 1976 Victory At Entebbe 1976 Mysteries of the Great Pyramids 1977 Roots 1978 Roots: One Year Later 1978 The Little Mermaid (Anderusen dowa: Ningyo hime Andersen Story: The Mermaid Princess ) 1978 Roots: The Next Generations 1980 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow 1980 Moviola 1981 This Is Elvis 1981 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1981 Small World 1981 Murder Is Easy 1982 The Mystic Warrior 1982 Casablanca 1983 The Thorn Birds 1984 XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984 1984 His Mistress 1985 North and South 1986 North and South: Book II 1986 Liberty Weekend 1987 The Betty Ford Story 1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story 1988 What Price Victory 1988 Imagine: John Lennon 1988 Roots: The Gift 1989 The Plot to Kill Hitler 1989 Murder in Mississippi 1990 Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 1990 Dillinger 1990 When You Remember Me 1991 Best of the Worst 1991 Bed of Lies 1992 Celebrations 1992 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald 1993 Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner 1993 The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? 1994 Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III 1994 On Trial 1994 Golf - The Greatest Game 1994 Heroes of the Game 1994 Without Warning 1994 Murder in the First 1995 Prince for a Day 1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years 1996 Surviving Picasso 1997 L.A. Confidential 1998 Terror at the Mall 1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Show 1998 A Will of Their Own 1998 Confirmation 1998 Legends, Icons and Superstars 1999 To Serve and Protect 1999 Celebrate the Century
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