Roger Englander
Roger Leslie Englander (November 23, 1926 – February 8, 2021) was an American director and producer. He won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for five more in the category Outstanding Directing.[2]
Roger Englander | |
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| Born | November 23, 1926 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 2021 (aged 94) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer |
Born in Clevelend, Ohio, Englander attended Cleveland Heights High School where he studied piano, trumpet and French horn; he also conducted the school orchestra. He studied drama, composition and theory at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1945.[1][3]
Englander produced all 53 episodes for Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts at CBS from 1958 until 1972.[1] Earlier, he was the prop manager for Bernstein's production of Britten's Peter Grimes at Tanglewood in 1946.[3] He staged several of Menotti's operas, including The Telephone and The Medium for WPTZ (Philadelphia).[1] Englander wrote Opera, What's All the Screaming About? in 1983. He also directed several episodes of Omnibus[3] and produced episodes of The Bell Telephone Hour which earned him a Peabody Award in 1959.[1]
Englander died in February 2021, of pneumonia at a hospital in Newport, Rhode Island, at the age of 94.[1][3]
References
- Sandomir, Richard (March 4, 2021). "Roger Englander, Producer of 'Young People's Concerts,' Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- "Roger Englander". Television Academy. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- Page, Tim (March 2, 2021). "Roger Englander, Emmy-winning TV director and producer of classical works, dies at 94". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 23, 2021.