Roots
1977
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Aug 12, 2010 · David L. Wolper, an award-winning movie and television producer best known for the groundbreaking mini-series “Roots,” died on Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 82. The...
Aug 11, 2010 · David L. Wolper, whose landmark 1977 miniseries "Roots" engrossed the nation with its saga of an American family descended from an African slave, has died. He was 82. Wolper died peacefully...
Aug 11, 2010 · David L. Wolper, the prolific producer who spearheaded such landmark TV and film productions as "Roots," "The Making of the President 1960" and Jacques Cousteau's early specials, has died. He...
About this interview. In his nearly five-and-a-half-hour interview, producer David L. Wolper (1928-2010) talks about forming his first company, Flamingo Films, with father and son friends Joe and Jim Harris. He discusses many of his documentaries, including The Race for Space, Hollywood: The Golden Years, and The Making of a President, among ...
By Tom White. David Wolper, whose Wolper Organization was a pioneering force in documentary production during the first two decades of American television, passed away last night at his home in Beverly Hills. He had been suffering from congestive heart failure and Parkinson's Disease.
Aug 10, 2010 · Directing. Creator. Writing. David L. Wolper was born on January 11, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA as David Lloyd Wolper. He was a producer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Imagine: John Lennon (1988). He was married to Gloria Hill, Dawn Richard and Toni Carroll.
Aug 10, 2010 · David L. Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for such series/miniseries as Roots, Welcome Back, Kotter, Chico and the Man, The Thorn Birds, North & South, and movies such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and L.A. Confidential.
