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1980
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Eric Bercovici (February 27, 1933 – February 9, 2014) was an American television and film producer and screenwriter. He was best known for producing and adapting the screenplay for the 1980 television miniseries Shōgun. Born in New York City to screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and Frances Ellis Fleischman, he studied theater at Yale University.
- February 27, 1933, New York City, United States
- TV and film producer, screenwriter
- Three
- February 9, 2014 (aged 80), Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
Eric Bercovici was born on 27 February 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Shogun (1980), Jessie (1984) and Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977). He was married to Karen Berger and Chiho Adachi. He died on 9 February 2014 in Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA.
- Writer, Producer, Music Department
- February 27, 1933
- Eric Bercovici
- February 9, 2014
Feb 13, 2014 · Eric Bercovici, the writer-producer of TV movies and miniseries who shared an Emmy for the 1980 NBC epic "Shogun" with author James Clavell, died Sunday, February 9, at his home in Honolulu. He ...
Eric Bercovici was born Feb. 27, 1933, in New York, the son of screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici, who worked on films such as “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947). He studied theater at Yale, but his ...
Eric Bercovici was a writer and producer who won a Primetime Emmy as a producer of the miniseries Shogun, which he also wrote.. Bercovici, whose father Leonardo Bercovici was a writer and director, was born in New York City and earned his first credit as a co-writer of the feature film Square of Violence, which was co-written and directed by his father.
Eric Bercovici was born on 27 February 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Shogun (1980), Jessie (1984) and Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977). He was married to Karen Berger and Chiho Adachi.
5 days ago · Eric Bercovici /1933-2014 By David Colker / Los Angeles Times Screenwriter Eric Bercovici knew he was not the first choice to adapt “Shogun,†the blockbuster 1975 novel by James Clavell about an English seaman marooned in 17th-century Japan. Bercovici, who worked on the Paramount lot, read the novel anyway. “I knew right away ...
