Broke into entertainment as a TV director for Universal, directed his first movie, Duel, in 1971, but it only reached TV screens in the U.S. His third film, Jaws (1975), set the template for the modern blockbuster.
Written and directed by Rod Lurie, who uses Washington unimaginatively, like a TV-movie director, but gets the best out of his cast.
"LG is leading the market with next-generation digital TV innovations that dramatically enhance the consumer's viewing experience, " said Sangyeob Lee, LG Electronics Senior Director, TV Product Planning.
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"While TV manufacturers have bold plans and a lot of new products, consumers remain cautious, " said Paul Gray, Director of TV Electronics Research.
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The former director of TV station BNN, Bart de Graaff, died from kidney failure aged 35 after spending years on a transplant waiting list.
"When Chinese see programs made in the West, there is nothing they can relate to in their lives, " says Xiao Jian, a 37-year-old director of TV dramas and music videos.
Credit the spread of home WiFi technology, which allows consumers to use wireless technology not only hook their television sets up to the Internet, but to link them to their handheld devices, said Paul Gray, DisplaySearch Director of TV Electronics Research.
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In addition to conceiving the made-for-TV flick, the prolific director developed it on his own dime before approaching Nick about getting involved.
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The director of Baghdad TV, which is owned by the Iraqi Islamic party, told the BBC that he was waiting to hear from the authorities what action would be taken.
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Gansa and Gordon didn't set out to recruit former "showrunners, " the TV equivalent of a movie director, who oversee everything from script writing to approval of locations, costumes and edits.
Whether you're searching by movie, TV show, actor or director it will sniff out related content across some of the higher profile services it offers, including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Crackle, Vudu and HBO Go.
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Debra Davis, a director of City TV Broadcasting, which is planning launch next year in the Birmingham area, says it will be different this time because changes in technology will allow channels like hers to produce higher quality programmes and avoid the "amateurish" look and feel of earlier community channels.
Other winners on the night included director Brett Ratner and TV shows Smash and The Amazing Race.
"North American consumers in particular appear to be playing a waiting game, " noted Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Research.
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When news broke of the airspace shutdown on Thursday, a rapid travel plan was put together for the four-strong team of commentator Gareth Charles, pitch-side reporter Phil Steele, director Rhys Edwards and TV co-ordinator Gareth Gronow.
Marco Antonio de Carvalho, 25, actor, Film student and assistant director for GNT (TV network), was among the curious passers-by who entered the QR Code that redirects to the campaign site on the web and gives access to videos featuring Brazilian performers Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga and MV Bill.
"The trend globally is that TV is becoming more ethnocentric, " says Amit Khanna, managing director of Plus Channel, one of India's biggest TV production companies.
"This market does not respond well to white faces speaking Hindi, " says Karan Thapar, director of programs for Home TV.
The TV advert's award-winning director Shane Meadows said he wanted to highlight the problem of emotional violence, including verbal insults and controlling behaviour such as monitoring text messages.
"It was the backbone of the industry and it sank to an all-time low as writers wanted to express themselves on a bigger stage, " says Larry Novenstern, executive vice president and managing director of national and local TV investments at Optimedia.
The league will announce a TV deal soon, according to NWSL executive director Cheryl Bailey.
The young director had previously only made a TV movie and documentary.
"The large screen market is a sweet spot right now for the TV industry, " said Ben Arnold, Director of Industry Analysis at The NPD Group.
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Spall has had a hugely successful career since first appearing in the show, starring in numerous TV series and films, including several for director Mike Leigh.
"Titanic" director James Cameron hopes to show TV who's king with the Fox science-fiction drama "Dark Angel, " about a "genetically enhanced human prototype" who's on the run from her handlers.
He wasn't a petulant Hollywood director or a reckless contestant on reality TV.
This year London gave us two TV producers, a soccer star, a movie director and a vampire (ahem, Actor).
Instead, she's the director of medical research on the hit TV show Grey's Anatomy and its new spin-off Private Practice, both on Walt Disney-owned ABC.
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