2000

The Beach Boys: An American Family
ABC movie
Jeff Bleckner, director
John Whitman, unit production manager
Yudi Bennett, second assistant director
Jules Kovisars, second assistant director
Franklyn Gottbetter, second second assistant director
Tim Price, DGA trainee

The lives of Brian and Dennis Wilson and their parents' influence on them mark the focal point of this two-part special. The other band members are well etched in from Kirk Ellis' teleplay, which Bleckner weaves through the events of the 1950s onward. Fred Weller turned in an exceptional performance as the often problematic Brian Wilson, with Nick Stabile as Dennis, Matt Letscher as Mike Love, Ned Vaughn as Al Jardine and Ryan Northcutt as Carl Wilson.