Wikipedia / Daryl Duke
Wikipedia / Daryl Duke
Daryl Duke (8 March 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Canadian film and television director.
Biography
Duke was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became one of CBC Television's earliest regional producers. His career continued with CBC in Toronto producing such series as This Hour Has Seven Days, then in the United States for major television networks and studios there.
In 1977, he won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his surprise hit The Silent Partner.
His significant achievement in television was directing the Emmy Award winning miniseries The Thorn Birds. Duke was also among those responsible for the creation of CKVU-TV in Vancouver which is today part of the Citytv franchise. Noteworthy is that he produced and directed early Bob Dylan "song films," black and white vignettes that were the forerunners of today's music videos. He was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Star Walk in 1997.
Duke died in West Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006 due to pulmonary fibrosis.
Filmography
Cinema
1972: Payday
1978: The Silent Partner
1982: Hard Feelings
1986: Tai-Pan
Television
1964: This Hour Has Seven Days
1966: Wojeck (1 episode)
1969: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (3 episodes)
1970: Night Gallery (1 episode)
1970–71: The Psychiatrist (pilot, 1 episode)
Children of the Lotus Eater AKA God Bless the Children
Such Civil War in My Love and Hate
1972: Banacek (1 episode)
1972: Cool Million (episode)
1972: Ghost Story (2 episodes)
1974: Harry O (2-part episodes)
1975: A Cry for Help
1976: Griffin and Phoenix
1983: The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
1985: Florence Nightingale
1989: When We Were Young
1990-1991: Columbo
Awards and recognition
1971: winner, Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama, episode of The Bold Ones: The Senator
2004: winner, John Drainie Award
References
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