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Emmy-winning director David Greene dies at 82
Wednesday April 09, 2003
OJAI, Calif. (AP) David Greene, who won four Emmys for
directing such TV miniseries as ``Rich Man, Poor Man'' and the
first episode of ``Roots,'' has died. He was 82.
Greene, who also earned Emmys for the television movies ``The
People Next Door'' and ``Friendly Fire,'' died Monday in Ojai of
pancreatic cancer. He also was nominated for directing the 1984
miniseries ``Fatal Vision.''
Among his other TV credits were ``The Betty Ford Story'' for ABC
in 1987, the Liberace segment of ``Behind the Music'' for CBS in
1998, and ``Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story'' in 1992.
Born in Manchester, England, he began his career as an actor,
working in British film and on stage with Laurence Olivier and
Vivien Leigh at the Old Vic. In 1951, he toured the U.S. and Canada
in ``Antony and Cleopatra.'' He remained in Canada for five years,
working for the Canadian Broadcasting Co.
After working as a freelance director in Canada, the United
States and England, he settled in Los Angeles in 1970.
Among his motion picture credits are the 1973 ``Godspell,''
which he wrote and directed, earning a Writers Guild nomination for
the screenplay. He also directed ``Sebastian'' in 1968 and ``Gray
Lady Down'' in 1978.
Greene was involved in civil rights organizations, including
Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, the
Union of Concerned Scientists, Native American Rights Fund and the
Campaign for Economic Democracy.
Greene is survived by his wife, Kelly, and four children from a
previous marriage: Lindy Treasurer, Nic Greene, Laurence
Donahue-Greene and Linsel Greene.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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