Ted Nathanson | |
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Born | Benedict Gimbel III 1925 |
Died | June 6, 1997 (age 72) |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Edith Landesman |
Children |
Michael Nathanson Laura Nathanson Knobloch Carla Nathanson Hoffman |
Parent(s) |
Benedict Gimbel Jr. Ethel S. Nathanson |
Family |
Adam Gimbel (great-grandfather) Sally Phipps (step-mother) |
Edward "Ted" Nathanson (1925 – June 6, 1997) was an American television director.
Born Benedict Gimbel III to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, the son of Ethel S. (née Nathanson) and Benedict Gimbel Jr. and the great-grandson of Adam Gimbel of the Gimbel Brothers retailing family. [1] [2] His father was the president and general manager of WIP, one of the first radio stations in Philadelphia. [3] [4] He changed his name to Edward Nathanson (the surname of his mother) after his parents divorced. [1] (His father remarried in 1931 to actress Sally Phipps although they divorced in 1935). [5] During World War II, he volunteered for the American Field Service as an ambulance driver in Europe for Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army. [1] After the war, he worked for CBS, ABC and then NBC where he directed the original Tonight Show and the Today Show. [2]
He then became the coordinating producer of football and tennis for NBC Sports, where he directed 13 consecutive Super Bowls, 21 consecutive Wimbledon tennis championships, [1] the 1972 Winter Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2] He also directed a wide variety of television shows including game shows, political conventions, and sporting events including major league baseball, boxing, college football, hockey, and golf. [1] He was one of the first to utilize hand-held and remote-controlled cameras. [1] He remained at NBC for 37 years. [1]
He was the first person to receive the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award for sports-related broadcasting. [1]
He died on June 6, 1997, in Manhattan of lung cancer. [1] He was survived by his wife, Edith (née Landesman), a producer he met while working at ABC; [2] [6] and three children, Michael Nathanson, Laura Nathanson Knobloch, and Carla Nathanson Hoffman. [1] [7] [8] All three of his children worked in the industry: Laura retired as Senior Vice President at ABC Television; Carla with the David Letterman Show; and Michael as president of MGM Pictures. [2] His wife died in 2020. [6]
Ted Nathanson | |
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Born | Benedict Gimbel III 1925 |
Died | June 6, 1997 (age 72) |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Edith Landesman |
Children |
Michael Nathanson Laura Nathanson Knobloch Carla Nathanson Hoffman |
Parent(s) |
Benedict Gimbel Jr. Ethel S. Nathanson |
Family |
Adam Gimbel (great-grandfather) Sally Phipps (step-mother) |
Edward "Ted" Nathanson (1925 – June 6, 1997) was an American television director.
Born Benedict Gimbel III to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, the son of Ethel S. (née Nathanson) and Benedict Gimbel Jr. and the great-grandson of Adam Gimbel of the Gimbel Brothers retailing family. [1] [2] His father was the president and general manager of WIP, one of the first radio stations in Philadelphia. [3] [4] He changed his name to Edward Nathanson (the surname of his mother) after his parents divorced. [1] (His father remarried in 1931 to actress Sally Phipps although they divorced in 1935). [5] During World War II, he volunteered for the American Field Service as an ambulance driver in Europe for Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army. [1] After the war, he worked for CBS, ABC and then NBC where he directed the original Tonight Show and the Today Show. [2]
He then became the coordinating producer of football and tennis for NBC Sports, where he directed 13 consecutive Super Bowls, 21 consecutive Wimbledon tennis championships, [1] the 1972 Winter Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2] He also directed a wide variety of television shows including game shows, political conventions, and sporting events including major league baseball, boxing, college football, hockey, and golf. [1] He was one of the first to utilize hand-held and remote-controlled cameras. [1] He remained at NBC for 37 years. [1]
He was the first person to receive the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award for sports-related broadcasting. [1]
He died on June 6, 1997, in Manhattan of lung cancer. [1] He was survived by his wife, Edith (née Landesman), a producer he met while working at ABC; [2] [6] and three children, Michael Nathanson, Laura Nathanson Knobloch, and Carla Nathanson Hoffman. [1] [7] [8] All three of his children worked in the industry: Laura retired as Senior Vice President at ABC Television; Carla with the David Letterman Show; and Michael as president of MGM Pictures. [2] His wife died in 2020. [6]