Arthur Allan Seidelman Biography ((?)-)

Born in New York, NY; son of Theodore and Jeanne (maiden name, Greenberg) Seidelman. Addresses: Office: Entpro, Inc., 1015 Gayley Ave., Suite 1149,Los Angeles, CA 90024-3424.; Agent: Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4526 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer, studio executive

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Movies; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
I Think I'm Having a Baby, 1981
Sin of Innocence (also known as Two Young People), 1986
Kate's Secret, 1986
Poker Alice, CBS, 1987
Strange Voices, NBC, 1987
Addicted to His Love (also known as Sisterhood), ABC, 1988
A Friendship in Vienna, The Disney Channel, 1988
The People across the Lake, NBC, 1988
False Witness (also known as Double Exposure), NBC, 1989
The Kid Who Loved Christmas, syndicated, 1990
Body Language, USA Network, 1992
Dying to Remember, USA Network, 1993
Trapped in Space, syndicated, 1995
Harvest of Fire, CBS, 1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler, CBS, 1996
Miracle in the Woods, CBS, 1997
(And coproducer) Deep Family Secrets, NBC, 1997
Grace and Glorie, CBS, 1998
Sex and Mrs. X, Lifetime, 2000
Also directed the movies Look Away and Which Mother Is Mine&quest;
Television Director
Specials
Ceremony of Innocence, PBS, 1974
A Special Gift, 1979
Schoolboy Father, 1980
A Matter of Time, 1981
She Drinks a Little, 1981
An Enemy among Us, CBS, 1987
A Place at the Table, NBC, 1988
Episodic

Family, ABC, 1980
Romance Theater, 1982
Bay City Blues, NBC, 1983
"Doris in Wonderland," Hill Street Blues, 1984
Paper Dolls, 1984
Call to Glory, 1984
Cover Up, 1984
Half-Nelson, 1985
Maximum Security, 1985
Bridges to Cross, 1986
Glory Years, HBO, 1987
L.A. Law, NBC, 1989
Nightingales, NBC, 1989
FBI: The Untold Stories, 1991
Sweet Justice, NBC, 1994
Also directed episodes of Capital News; Fame; Heaven Help Us; Knott's Landing, CBS; Magnum, P.I., CBS; Murder, She Wrote, CBS; Paper Chase, CBS; Trapper John, M.D. CBS; WIOU; and A Year in the Life.
Other Television Work
Director
The Secrets of Lake Success (miniseries), NBC, 1993
Amazing Grace (pilot), NBC, 1995
By Dawn's Early Light, 2000
Television Appearances
Series
Host of the series Actors on Acting, PBS.
Stage Work
Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
(And producer) The Beautiful People, Blue Couch Theatre, Los Angeles, 1960
(And producer) The Awakening of Spring, Pocket Theatre, New York City, 1964
The Most Happy Fella, New York City Opera, New York City, 1991
Director of other plays, including Gypsy Princess, Opera Pacific;The Sisters, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, then Hatlen Theatre; Awake and Sing, Billy, Ceremony of Innocence, The FourSeasons, Hamp, Inherit the Wind, The Justice Box, Vieux Carre, and The World of My America, all New York City productions; also director of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Dear Me, the Sky IsFalling, Irma La Douce, The Little Foxes, A Man for AllSeasons, Oh Dad Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, Romeo and Juliet, St. Joan, Stop the World, I Wantto Get Off, and The Tempest.
Film Work
Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
(As Arthur A. Seidelman) Hercules in New York (also known as Hercules Goes Bananas and Hercules--The Movie), 1970
Circle, 1976
Children of Rage, 1975, LSV Productions, 1978
Macbeth, 1981
Echoes, Herberval Productions, 1983
The Caller, Empire State Entertainment, 1986
(And producer) Rescue Me, 1993
Walking across Egypt, Keystone Entertainment, 2000
WRITINGS
Television Specials
(With Richard Alfieri and Norman Lear) I Love Liberty, ABC, 1982
Television Episodes
Composer, Maximum Security, 1985
Screenplays
Children of Rage, 1975, LSV Productions, 1978

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