Take One: Television Directors on Directing

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The volume consists of a series of ten interviews, collected over a period of four years, with directors of television programs, each a specialist in a different field, who show a diversity that ranges from New York to Hollywood, the Metropolitan Opera to the Super Bowl. Their insights explain that various types of programs dictate the degree of the director's involvement, be it concert, game show, news, discussion, documentary, special event, drama, panel show or the Miss America Pageant. In each interview the author's commentary acts as a guide and summation to the observations of the director.

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"Jack Kuney's book will be the standard for a long time to come. It's lucid and intelligent interviews make it thoroughly accessible to the layman and the professional alike."-Albert Auster Associate Editor, Cineaste
"Kuney has put all his experience and insight to work in this fascinating book. . . . No one who has any interest in learning about television should miss reading this wise and very readable book."-Lawrence K. Grossman Gannett Center for Media Studies, Columbia University
"Take One is a wonder! It's an historical novel, a thriller, a love story--all rolled into one. . . . After reading Take One no one--from student to network veteran--will ever watch television the same way again."-Morton Silverstein Writer, Director, Producer--Public Television
"Take One is quite remarkable, unique among books about broadcasting. It's the best--and most practical--of the texts on production I've seen. But it's much more: valuable not only for the student and teacher, but also for the professional already in TV who wants to raise his sights and sharpen his skills, and it's fascinating reading for anyone who just wants to go behind the scenes and meet closeup the creative forces behind the medium's greatest programs."-Richard Pack Editor, Television Quarterly; former Senior Vice President Programming and Production, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co./Group W.

Author Bio

JACK KUNEY was a producer, director, and writer in television and radio for more than thirty-five years. He was employed by NBC and CBS, as well as individual stations and public television. He has been the recipient of many awards, among them five Emmies, awarded by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television. A retired Professor of Television and Radio from Brooklyn College, Kuney is currently at work on two books and a play.