Lionel Chetwynd Biography (1940-)
Born January 29, 1940, in London, England; immigrated to Canada, 1948, naturalized citizen, 1953; naturalized U.S. citizen; son of Peter and Betty (maidenname, Dion) Chetwynd; married Gloria Carlin (an actress); children: MichaelAnthony, Joshua Stephen.
- Nationality
- Canadian, American
- Ethnicity
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, writer
- Birth Details
- January 29, 1940
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Work
- Executive Producer; Series
- National Desk, PBS, 1997
- Director; Movies
- So Proudly We Hail (also known as Skinheads), CBS, 1990
- Varian's War, Showtime, 2000
- Executive Producer; Movies
- Evil in Clear River (also known as Hate on Trial and Winter in Clear River), ABC, 1988
- So Proudly We Hail (also known as Skinheads), CBS, 1990
- Kissinger and Nixon, TNT, 1995
- Producer; Movies
- (With Gerry Arbeid) Goldenrod, CBS, 1977
- Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, NBC, 1977
- Color of Justice, Showtime, 1997
- Executive Producer; Specials
- "To Heal a Nation," General Electric Theatre, NBC, 1988
- "Fear in America," Reverse Angle, PBS, 1992
- "The Education Wars," Reverse Angle, PBS, 1993
- Other
- Supervising producer of The Godfather Wars.
- Television Appearances
- Himself, Hollywood, D.C., 2000
- Film Work
- Director
- Morning Comes, Heritage Films, 1975
- Two Solitudes, New World-Mutual, 1978
- The Hanoi Hilton, Cannon, 1987
- Director and supervising producer of the film Redline.
- WRITINGS
- Plays
- Bleeding Great Orchids, produced in London, then off-Broadway, 1971
- Maybe That's Your Problem (musical), produced in London, 1971 published by Plays, Inc., 1971
- (With others) We the People ... 200, 1987
- Screenplays
- (With Mordecai Richler) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (alsoknown as L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz; based on the novel by Mordecai Richler), Paramount, 1974
- Morning Comes, Heritage Films, 1975
- The American 1776 (official U.S. Bicentennial Film), 1976
- Two Solitudes (based on a novel by Hugh McLennan), New World-Mutual, 1978
- (Author of story with Robert Altman and Patricia Resnick) Quintet,Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
- (As Peter Dion) The Hot Touch, Astral Films, 1981
- The Hanoi Hilton, Cannon, 1987
- Also author of Redline.
- Teleplays
- Miniseries
- Miracle on Ice, ABC, 1981
- Sadat, syndicated, 1983
- Joseph (also known as The Bible: Joseph and Joseph in Egypt), TNT, 1995
- Moses (also known as The Bible: Moses), TNT, 1996
- Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (also known as Incident at RubyRidge and The Siege at Ruby Ridge), CBS, 1996
- NetForce (also known as Tom Clancy's Netforce), ABC, 1999
- P. T. Barnum, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
- Movies
- Goldenrod (based on a novel by D. H. Harkin), CBS, 1977
- It Happened One Christmas (based on the film It's a Wonderful Life), ABC, 1977
- Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, NBC, 1977
- A Whale for the Killing (based on the book by Farley Mowat), ABC,1980
- Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (also known as Desert Blades; based on a story by Chetwynd), CBS, 1981
- Children in the Crossfire, NBC, 1984
- So Proudly We Hail, CBS, 1990
- Doomsday Gun, HBO, 1994
- Jacob (also known as Jacob: A TNT Bible Story), TNT, 1994
- Falling from the Sky! Flight 174 (also known as Freefall: Flight 174), ABC, 1995
- Kissinger and Nixon, TNT, 1995
- The Man Who Captured Eichmann, TNT, 1996
- Color of Justice, Showtime, 1997
- Varian's War, Showtime, 2000
- Specials
- "To Heal a Nation," General Electric Theatre, NBC, 1988
- The Heroes of Desert Storm, ABC, 1991
- "Fear in America," Reverse Angle, PBS, 1992
- "The Education Wars," Reverse Angle, PBS, 1993
- Episodic
- Writer of episodes for National Desk, PBS.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- New Republic, April 27, 1987, p. 26
- New York, April 13, 1987, p. 90