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Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr. (March 14, 1926 – January 28, 2008) was an American television director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations (47), and won 18 times, putting him at the top of his profession throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and well into the 1980s.
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- January 28, 2008 (aged 81), Rectortown, Virginia, U.S.
- Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr., March 14, 1926, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- Television director
Dwight Hemion was born on 14 March 1926 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Barbra: The Concert (1994), Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (1973) and Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980). He was married to Katherine Morrisey and Joyce Hogue. He died on 28 January 2008 in Rectortown, Virginia, USA.
- Director, Producer
- March 14, 1926
- Dwight Hemion
- January 28, 2008
Feb 1, 2008 · Dwight Hemion, a TV producer and director who specialized in concert performance specials, died Jan. 28 as a result of renal failure in Virginia. He was 81. Known as the most Emmy-nommed...
Feb 2, 2008 · Dwight Arlington Hemion, a television director and producer best known for his musical specials who won 18 Emmy Awards and was nominated a record 47 times, died Monday at his home in...
About this interview. In the two-and-a-half-hour solo portion of his interview, Dwight Hemion ( 1926–2008) talks about his early television career at ABC in the late 1940s. He discusses in detail the beginnings of the ABC network and his early directing work on the television series The Rootie Kazootie Club and The Tonight Show with Steve Allen.
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/dwight-hemionAll content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Intervie...
Full name, Dwight Arlington Hemion, Jr.; born March 14, 1926, in New Haven, CT; son of Dwight Arlington and Bernice Ruby (Berquist) Hemion; married Katherine Bridget Morrissy, September 1, 1973; children: Katherine, Dwight Gustav. Addresses: OFFICE--Smith-Hemion Productions, 1438 N. Gower, Box 15, Los Angeles, CA 90028.
