OUT OF THE PAST
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION: On the set of the 1972 DGA Award-winning movie for television That Certain Summer. Pictured are the film's director, Lamont Johnson (center), and actors Martin Sheen (left) and Hal Holbrook (right). That Certain Summer was a landmark movie for television. It brought to many American homes the turmoil faced by gay men reluctant to tell their families the truth about their sexual orientation. The film won not only the DGA Award for movies for television, but from the five 1972 DGA television winners, Lamont Johnson was selected as the most outstanding television director. (Photo Courtesy of Lamont Johnson)
By training, directors learn to expect the unexpected. Here are some quirky shots of directors who found themselves in unusual situations.
Robert Aldrich shows Bette Davis how to step into a scene on the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
Akira Kurosawa directing Yojimbo (1961), about a town divided by two warring gangs in 19th century Japan.
Frank Capra goes over the ballot with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in State of the Union (1948).
Director Gene Kelly gives Barbra Streisand a few pointers on the set of Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Woody Allen plans his strategy with Napoleon (James Tolkan) in Love and Death, the director’s 1975 spoof of Russian novels.
Director Jason Winer gives up a few inches to Kobe Bryant on the set of Modern Family.
John Huston runs lines with a feathered friend during the filming of The Night of the Iguana (1964) in Mexico.
Commercial directors have a tough job these days. They used to have a full 30 seconds to tell their stories, but that's changing.
There can be no more interwoven relationship in filmmaking than that between a director and editor. Many have maintained career-long collaborations with those they feel to be their creative soul mates.
The origin of the one director to a film policy.
This year will mark the 40th birthday of the Movie of the Week (MOW) and, not surprisingly, the event will prompt something of a midlife crisis.
Few television shows enter the public awareness as brazenly as HBO's The Sopranos. Directors Timothy M. Van Patten, Henry Bronchtein and John Patterson discuss their experiences on the show.
Lamont Johnson talking with the stars of That Certain Summer; Martin Sheen and Hal Holbrook.
Moderated by producer and AAC committee co-chair, Wenda Fong.