Saturday, May 19, 2012

WHO MOVED THE SUN


Don was trained in Theatre Arts at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, and graduated in 1972 under the direction of Richard Rothrock. His major area of study was film-making and he produced and directed several award winning documentaries. After graduating he was invited to cut news film in San Francisco at KGO Television, part of the ABC network.. He moved up the ranks and ended up cutting all of the news footage of the Patty Hearst kidnapping. The Patty Hearst stories her cut eventually aired on national television. He moved on to Hollywood and worked in news, and the television shows, and the landed the senior editor’s position on day one of Entertainment Tonight, also known as ET.. He worked with Leonard Maltin, Dixie Whatley and Mary Hart, and others, first at the Merv Griffin Studios in Hollywood, and then on the Paramount lot.