Biography
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 Productio…
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) — Director
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Inspector Clouseau (1968) — Director
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Sanford and Son (1972) — Director
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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) — Director
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Maude (1972) — Director
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What's Happening!! (1976) — Director
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Twice in a Lifetime (1985) — Director
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Divorce American Style (1967) — Director
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Come Blow Your Horn (1963) — Director
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) — Director
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Love Hurts (1990) — Director
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Never Too Late (1965) — Director
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General Electric Theater (1953) — Director
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Carter Country (1977) — Director
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An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958) — Director
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Grady (1975) — Director
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Sanford Arms (1977) — Director
- Vacation Playhouse (1963) — Director
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Another Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) — Director
