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George Schaefer

American television and theater director (1920-1997)
Person human Q285642

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
December 16, 1920
Date of death
September 10, 1997
Place of birth
Wallingford
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, trade unionist, theatre director, television producer, director, television writer, actor, writer[12][13][14][15][16]
Field of work
theatre, television, film[17][18][19]
Award received
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Program of the Year, Primetime Emmy Award for Program of the Year, Primetime Emmy Award for Program of the Year[20][21]
Work location
United States[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Archives at
UCLA Library Special Collections[24]
Family name
Schaefer[26]
Given name
George[27]
Military branch
United States Army[23]
P14750
2C50-DAC6-A16E-CEBE-CA75
Participated in conflict
World War II[25]
Place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en George Louis Schaefer en George Schaefer ar جورج شايفر cs George Louis Schaefer de George Louis Schaefer es George Louis Schaefer he ג'ורג' שייפר id George Louis Schaefer ja ジョージ・シェーファー ro George Louis Schaefer ru Джордж Шэфер zh 喬治·謝弗
🔖 Identifiers · 50
ISNI
0000000076897599
VIAF cluster ID
60524335
Library of Congress authority ID
n85199201
GND ID
142148733
ACMI ID
creators/74999
AllMovie person ID
p110084
Allcinema person ID
16750
AlloCiné person ID
68318
American National Biography ID
1803745
Awards & Winners artist ID
02pmwrs
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14135517t
CANTIC ID
981058509711506706
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Danish National Filmography person ID
102087
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
142148733
Elonet person ID
106310
Emmys person ID
george-schaefer
FAST ID
1760703
Fandango person ID
603030
Film.ru person ID
dzhordzh-shefer
Find a Grave memorial ID
103248329
Freebase ID
/m/02pmwrs
IMDb ID
nm0769615
IdRef ID
156031043
Internet Broadway Database person ID
16078
Kinobox person ID
32207
Kinopoisk person ID
191415
LdiF person ID
1524
MYmovies person ID
49458
Movie Walker Press person ID
27595
MovieMeter person ID
11035
NL CR AUT ID
xx0168850
NLP ID
a0000002751321
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007344905805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810653822905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1512510
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073595446
Notable Names Database ID
417/000203805
Open Media Database person ID
243581
PORT person ID
16233
Plex person key
5e793678ac443e003f165ecd
Related category
Category:Films directed by George Schaefer
SBN author ID
PUVV392421
SNAC ARK ID
w6qn7skp
Swedish Film Database person ID
148425
TCM Movie Database person ID
171119
TMDB person ID
11035
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058509711506706
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/81bd3f8c-9b8b-4608-a62d-671fc5f1f739
ČSFD person ID
58161

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 9
actor, writer, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director, theatre director, television producer +1 more
Films directed 6
An Enemy of the People, The Bunker, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Pendulum, Barefoot in Athens, The Man Upstairs
Field of work 3
television, film, theatre
← Producer 3
An Enemy of the People, The Bunker, Barefoot in Athens
Award received 1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Schaefer
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Military branch 1
United States Army
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Place of birth 1
Wallingford
Place of burial 1
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Place of death 1
Los Angeles
Related category 1
Category:Films directed by George Schaefer
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
United States
← Cast member 1
Beverly Hills Cop III
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films directed by George Schaefer
← FactGrid item ID 1
Winterfeld
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Summary

George Schaefer was born on December 16, 1920[1], in Wallingford[2]. He died on September 10, 1997[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a film director[5], screenwriter[6], film producer[7], trade unionist[8], and theatre director[9].

FAQs

Where was George Schaefer born?

George Schaefer was born in Wallingford[2].

Where did George Schaefer die?

George Schaefer passed away in Los Angeles[4].

What did George Schaefer do for work?

George Schaefer worked as a film director[5], screenwriter[6], film producer[7], trade unionist[8], and theatre director[9].

What awards did George Schaefer receive?

Honors received include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[20] and Primetime Emmy Award for Program of the Year[21].

Related Entities

Beverly Hills Cop III film Los Angeles theatre United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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