- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 22, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- August 18, 2015
Bud Yorkin
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards. Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show. In 1963, Yorkin joined Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, which, at first, produced several films in the 1960s to 1971 with such major studios like United Artists and Warner Bros., and later produced many of the decade's hit sitcoms, such as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and Sanford and Son. In 1999, he and Lear were awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innova…
Filmography
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Original Series Creator
movieBlade Runner 2049
2017 · Producer
movieDangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Self
movieOn the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Self
movieIntersection
1994 · Producer
movieFor the Boys
1991 · Phil
movieLove Hurts
1990 · Director, Producer
movieArthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 · Director
movieTwice in a Lifetime
1985 · Director, Producer
movieDeal of the Century
1983 · Producer
movieBlade Runner
1982 · Presenter
movieI Love Liberty
1982 · Executive Producer
tvOne in a Million
1980 · Producer
tv13 Queens Blvd.
1979 · Producer
tvSanford Arms
1977 · Director, Producer
tvCarter Country
1977 · Producer, Director
tvWhat's Happening!!
1976 · Director, Executive Producer
tvGrady
1975 · Director
movieThe Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 · Director, Producer
tvMaude
1972 · Director
tvSanford and Son
1972 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
movieCold Turkey
1971 · Executive Producer
movieStart the Revolution Without Me
1970 · Director, Producer
movieInspector Clouseau
1968 · Director
movieDivorce American Style
1967 · Director
movieNever Too Late
1965 · Director
Vacation Playhouse
tvVacation Playhouse
1963 · Director
movieCome Blow Your Horn
1963 · Director, Producer
movieAnother Evening with Fred Astaire
1959 · Director, Producer
movieAn Evening with Fred Astaire
1958 · Producer, Director
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Director