Bruce Bilson
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Bruce Bilson (born May 19, 1928) is an American film director and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof Get Smart. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season Get Smart episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye".
Life and career
Bilson was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents. His mother, Hattie Bilson (née Dratwa; 1907–2004), was an American screenwriter, and his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was born in Leeds, England.[1] His brother, Malcolm is a fortepianist and professor of piano at Cornell University.
Bilson graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1950.[2][3]
Family
Bilson married Mona Weichman on August 31, 1955; they divorced in 1976. They had two children, Danny Bilson (born 1956), a film and video game writer/producer and father of actress Rachel Bilson, and Julie Ahlberg, a film producer.[4]
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Filmography
Film
- Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969)
- The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
- The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
- Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
Television
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External links
- Bruce Bilson at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- 1928 births
- American television directors
- Television producers from New York City
- American male television writers
- American television writers
- Jewish American screenwriters
- Living people
- Film directors from New York City
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- UCLA Film School alumni
- 21st-century American Jews
- American Ashkenazi Jews