David L. Wolper Quotes


Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.


Citations

Wolper, David L., and David Fisher. Producer: A Memoir. Scribner, 2003.

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David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper
  • Born: January 11, 1928
  • Died: August 10, 2010
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Television Film Producer

David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North and South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984 as well as helping to bring the games to L.A. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award.