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Seymour "Buzz" Kulik (July 23, 1922 – January 13, 1999) was an American film director and producer. He directed 72 films and television shows, including the landmark CBS television network anthology series Playhouse 90 and several episodes of The Twilight Zone. Kulik went on to direct made-for-TV movies, such as Brian's Song. After leaving the army as a first lieutenant after World War II, Kulik went to work in the mail room at J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in New York. He eventually saw a notice at work that they were looking for people to direct programs for a new medium called television, and Kulik responded. A lifelong baseball fan, he started directing the cameras at Yankee Stadium before starting a career directing live television programming such as Playhouse 90 and Lux Video Theater. He moved to Los Angeles in 1953 and eventually began directing some of the landmark series of the 1950s and 1960s including Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Dr. Kildare and The Defenders (for which he directed the pilot episode). He directed a dozen episodes of Twilight Zone, which brought him lasting fame and recognition among the legion of fans who religiously watch the Twilight Zone marathons that continue to air on holidays to this day. Kulik also began directing feature films in the 1960s including Explosive Generation with William Shatner, Warning Shot with David Jansen, Villa Rides with Robert Mitchum, Yul Brynner, and Charles Bronson, and Riot with Gene Hackman and Jim Brown. He directed the first television mini-series, Vanished, with Richard Widmark and James Farentino. In 1971, he directed what many critics and fans feel is the greatest television film ever made, Brian's Song, for which he received "Best Director" honors from the Directors Guild of America. For several years in a row the lead actors in the films he directed won "Best Actor" of the year including Peter Ustinov for A Storm in Summer, James Caan for Brian's Song, Alan Alda for Kill Me if You Can, Susan Clark for Babe, and Anthony Hopkins for The Lindbergh Kidnapping. Some of the prominent long-form mini series he directed were From Here to Eternity with Natalie Wood and William Devane, Around the World in 80 Days with Pierce Brosnin and Peter Ustinov, and Kane and Abel with Peter Strauss. In the 1970s and 1980s he also directed feature films including To Find a Man, Shamus with Burt Reynolds, and The Hunter with Steve McQueen. Over the course of a career that lasted more than 40 years, Buzz Kulik established himself, and is remembered today, as one of the greatest television directors of all time.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-07-23
- event Death Date 1999-01-13
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.3
- info Birth Place Kearny, New Jersey, USA
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Shamus
1973-01-31
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Collector’s Item
1957-12-01
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The Hunter
1980-08-01
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Remember When
1974-03-23
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Incident on a Dark Street
1973-01-13
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Brian's Song
1971-11-30
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Villa Rides
1968-05-29
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Bad Ronald
1974-10-23
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Riot
1969-01-15
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Warning Shot
1967-01-18
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Warning Shot
1967-01-18
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Crawlspace
1972-02-11
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Her Secret Life
1987-04-12
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To Find a Man
1972-01-20
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The Explosive Generation
1961-10-19
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Never Con a Killer
1977-05-13
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Women of Valor
1986-11-23
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Women of Valor
1986-11-23
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Pioneer Woman
1973-12-19
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Babe
1975-10-25
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Rage of Angels
1983-02-19
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Kill Me If You Can
1977-09-25
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976-02-26
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A Storm in Summer
1970-02-06
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Cage Without a Key
1975-03-14
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Cage Without a Key
1975-03-14
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Never Con a Killer
1977-05-13
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Corey: For the People
1977-06-12
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Corey: For the People
1977-06-12
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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978-05-21
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Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973-04-21
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The Yellow Canary
1963-05-15
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981-11-13
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981-11-13
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Matt Helm
1975-05-07
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Ready for the People
1964-10-01
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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978-05-21
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Matt Helm
1975-05-07
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Sergeant Ryker
1968-02-01
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No Right to Kill
1956-08-09
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Too Young The Hero
1988-03-27
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Her Secret Life
1987-04-12
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
1972-11-29
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The Killers of Mussolini
1959-06-04
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The Dick Powell Show
1961-09-26
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Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
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The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02
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Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06
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Naked City
1958-09-30
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Perry Mason
1957-09-21
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The Great Adventure
1963-09-27
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Studio One
1948-11-07
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Rawhide
1959-01-09
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Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
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The Defenders
1961-09-16
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
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Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
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Climax!
1954-10-07
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Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
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The Lieutenant
1963-09-14
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The Richard Boone Show
1963-09-24
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Saints and Sinners
1962-09-17
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Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27
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Kentucky Jones
1964-09-19
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Kentucky Jones
1964-09-19
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Around the World in 80 Days
1989-04-16
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George Washington
1984-04-08
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Pursuit
1958-10-22
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The Feather And Father Gang
1977-03-07
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Kane & Abel
1985-11-17
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From Here to Eternity
1979-02-14
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George Washington
1984-04-08
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George Washington
1984-04-08
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George Washington
1984-04-08
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Lucky Chances
1990-10-07
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Rage of Angels
1983-02-20
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Vanished
1971-03-08
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From Here to Eternity
1979-02-14
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Insight
1960-10-02
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Around the World in 80 Days
1989-04-16