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Television -- Production and direction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

Congratulations and Awards, 1989-1990

 Series
Series Description The letters of congratulations to Wittliff found here indicate the enthusiasm with which the miniseries was greeted. There are files on the many honors received by Lonesome Dove--18 Emmy nominations which resulted in seven Emmys, the award for Best Miniseries and Best Television Program of 1989 from the National Association of Television Critics, the D. W. Griffith Award for Best Television Miniseries, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangle Award for the...
Dates: 1989-1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives

Congratulatory letters, February 1989

 File — Box 21, Folder: 1-2
Series Description From the Series: The letters of congratulations to Wittliff found here indicate the enthusiasm with which the miniseries was greeted. There are files on the many honors received by Lonesome Dove--18 Emmy nominations which resulted in seven Emmys, the award for Best Miniseries and Best Television Program of 1989 from the National Association of Television Critics, the D. W. Griffith Award for Best Television Miniseries, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangle Award for the...
Dates: February 1989
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Congratulations and Awards

Connie Todd memos

 File — Box 8, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: Executive Producers: Suzanne de Passe and Bill Wittliff Assistant to Mr. Wittliff: Connie ToddCo-executive Producer: Robert HalmiProducer: Dyson LovellSupervising Producer: Michael WeisbarthThis series is primarily made up of correspondence among the producers. The majority of the memos are from Dyson Lovell and deal with scheduling, hiring, budget, set behavior, etc. Wittliff's files contain letters, thank yous from...
Dates: 1987-1991
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Producer's Unit

Connie Todd period music research file

 File — Box 8, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: Executive Producers: Suzanne de Passe and Bill Wittliff Assistant to Mr. Wittliff: Connie ToddCo-executive Producer: Robert HalmiProducer: Dyson LovellSupervising Producer: Michael WeisbarthThis series is primarily made up of correspondence among the producers. The majority of the memos are from Dyson Lovell and deal with scheduling, hiring, budget, set behavior, etc. Wittliff's files contain letters, thank yous from...
Dates: 1987-1991
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Producer's Unit

Continuity Script

 File — Box 11, Folder: 7-10
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: 1987-1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

Corrected pages for polish and blue script revisions, March 4, 1988

 File — Box 7, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: Suzanne de Passe, president of Motown Productions, enlisted Bill Wittliff to write the screenplay for Lonesome Dove. Wittliff, a native Texan, had been writing films since 1977, beginning with the CBS-TV movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie and including credit for The Black Stallion (1979),Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Raggedy Man (1981),...
Dates: March 4, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Story and Script / Completed Script

Costume drawings and research

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Wardrobe

Cowboy Hall of Fame, March 1990

 File — Box 21, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: The letters of congratulations to Wittliff found here indicate the enthusiasm with which the miniseries was greeted. There are files on the many honors received by Lonesome Dove--18 Emmy nominations which resulted in seven Emmys, the award for Best Miniseries and Best Television Program of 1989 from the National Association of Television Critics, the D. W. Griffith Award for Best Television Miniseries, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangle Award for the...
Dates: March 1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Congratulations and Awards

Cutting Notes, August-December 1988

 File — Box 17, Folder: 3-4
Series Description From the Series: Editor: Corky EhlersMusic: Basil PaledourisThis series covers the material used in the post-production phase--film editing and the addition of music and sound. It contains the post-production schedule, budget, location breakdown and cost reports. The cutting notes include the suggestions of Wittliff, the producer Dyson Lovell and the director Simon Wincer. The various cuts--the editor's rough cut, the director's cut, the producer's cuts and the final cuts--are...
Dates: August-December 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Post-Production

Dailies index

 File — Box 16, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: This series deals with material used or generated during the filming of Lonesome Dove from March through July 1988. Glenn Headley contributed her script for the character Elmira marked with her notes. Bill Wittliff, not only a screenwriter and producer, but also an accomplished photographer, publisher and book designer, contributed many of his photographs of performers and scenes taken during the filming. A complete set of the dailies on 3/4 inch tape is also...
Dates: 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production

Daily Production Reports, March 8-July 5, 1988

 File — Box 11, Folder: 3-4
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: March 8-July 5, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

Daily Production Reports, 2nd Unit, April 25-June 9, 1988

 File — Box 11, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: April 25-June 9, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

Daily Production Reports (Wittliff's copy), May-June 1988

 File — Box 10, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: May-June 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

Day-Out-of-Days, March-May 1988

 File — Box 10, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: March-May 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

de Passe letter re: audiotapes, October 1, 1986

 File — Box 2, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: Suzanne de Passe, president of Motown Productions, enlisted Bill Wittliff to write the screenplay for Lonesome Dove. Wittliff, a native Texan, had been writing films since 1977, beginning with the CBS-TV movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie and including credit for The Black Stallion (1979),Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Raggedy Man (1981),...
Dates: October 1, 1986
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Story and Script

Deal memos, contracts, March-May 1988

 File — Box 9, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: Production Manager: Dick GalleglyAssistant Production Manager: Adam Merims1st Assistant Director: Robert RooyKey 2nd Assistant Director: Matt BearsonProduction Coordinator: Jill LopezAsst. Production Coordinator: Nikol HegartyLocation Manager: John Gibson Script Supervisor: Cynthia Upstill Here is found the paperwork of the production manager and the script supervisor. The production manager...
Dates: March-May 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Production Staff

Distribution, 1988-1989

 Series
Series Description

This series contains memos on distribution plans by Quintex, the company which held international distribution rights. Quintex went into bankruptcy and the court records found here provide information on foreign distribution of the miniseries.

Dates: 1988-1989
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives

Emmy, 1989

 File — Box 21, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The letters of congratulations to Wittliff found here indicate the enthusiasm with which the miniseries was greeted. There are files on the many honors received by Lonesome Dove--18 Emmy nominations which resulted in seven Emmys, the award for Best Miniseries and Best Television Program of 1989 from the National Association of Television Critics, the D. W. Griffith Award for Best Television Miniseries, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangle Award for the...
Dates: 1989
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Congratulations and Awards

Final changes made, pink pages, June 4, 1988

 File — Box 7, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: Suzanne de Passe, president of Motown Productions, enlisted Bill Wittliff to write the screenplay for Lonesome Dove. Wittliff, a native Texan, had been writing films since 1977, beginning with the CBS-TV movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie and including credit for The Black Stallion (1979),Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Raggedy Man (1981),...
Dates: June 4, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Story and Script / Completed Script

Final draft, Part I & II (title page autographed), June 4, 1988

 File — Box 7, Folder: 7-8
Series Description From the Series: Suzanne de Passe, president of Motown Productions, enlisted Bill Wittliff to write the screenplay for Lonesome Dove. Wittliff, a native Texan, had been writing films since 1977, beginning with the CBS-TV movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie and including credit for The Black Stallion (1979),Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Raggedy Man (1981),...
Dates: June 4, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-111, Lonesome Dove Television Miniseries Production Archives / Story and Script / Completed Script