Bud Yorkin
Director
21
Movies
9
TV Shows
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards.
Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show.
In 1963, Yorkin joined Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, which, at first, produced several films in the 1960s to 1971 with such major studios like United Artists and Warner Bros., and later produced many of the decade's hit sitcoms, such as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and Sanford and Son.
In 1999, he and Lear were awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.
After his split with Lear, Yorkin went on to form Bud Yorkin Productions. His first sitcom after the split was the unsuccessful Sanford and Son spin-off sitcom Grady. In 1976, he formed TOY Productions with Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein (who produced Sanford and Son from 1974–1977), but their two hits were What's Happening!! and Carter Country.
Yorkin's film directing credits include The Thief Who Came to Dinner , Divorce American Style and Inspector Clouseau (film) of the Pink Panther series.
Yorkin is the father of television writer and producer Nicole Yorkin. He is married to actress Cynthia Sikes.
Behind the Camera
Blade Runner 2049
Productor
Sanford and Son
Director, Productor Ejecutivo, Creator
Maude
Director
Blade Runner
Presenter
What's Happening!!
Director, Productor Ejecutivo
Carter Country
Director, Productor
General Electric Theater
Director
Grady
Director
El inspector Clouseau
Director
Entre dos mujeres
Productor
Un mes de abstinencia
Productor Ejecutivo
Sanford Arms
Director, Productor
One in a Million
Productor
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Original Series Creator
13 Queens Boulevard
Productor
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Director
Deal of the Century
Productor
Twice in a Lifetime
Director, Productor
Start the Revolution Without Me
Director, Productor
I Love Liberty
Productor Ejecutivo
Divorce American Style
Director
Come Blow Your Horn
Director, Productor
El rompecorazones
Director, Productor
El Ladrón que Vino a Cenar
Director, Productor
Never Too Late
Director
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Productor, Director
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
Director, Productor