Television Is Where You Find It

A History of Feature Filmmakers in TV

Craig S. Simpson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2026
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-4484-1 (ISBN)

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Television is Where You Find It is a revelatory journey into the overlooked world of feature filmmakers who brought their cinematic vision to the small screen between 1955 and 1990—long before directing for television became trendy in the age of "Prestige TV." With ten compelling case studies—from legends like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, and Orson Welles to trailblazers like Ida Lupino, Melvin Van Peebles, and Martin Scorsese—author Craig S. Simpson uncovers how these directors reshaped the language of television with style and imagination.

Far from simply dabbling in a "lesser" medium, these filmmakers pushed the boundaries of what TV could do, crafting bold, innovative work that challenges the old notion that television belongs solely to writers and producers. In this fresh, critical study, Television is Where You Find It makes a case for rediscovering and reevaluating a rich chapter of television history—one in which cinematic artistry quietly flourished, often hidden in plain sight.

Craig S. Simpson is the director of Special Collections and Archives at San José State University. He is the coauthor of Above the Shots: An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings, with Gregory S. Wilson, and Cinema Then and Now: James Naremore - Conversations with Craig S. Simpson.

Intro: This is Not a Film

1. Alfred Hitchcock

Episode: "One More Mile to Go"

Series: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Original Air Date: April 7, 1957

2. Leo McCarey

Episode: "Tom and Jerry"

Series: Screen Directors Playhouse

Original Air Date: November 30, 1955

3. Ida Lupino

Episode: "No. 5 Checked Out"

Series: Screen Directors Playhouse

Original Air Date: January 18, 1956

4. Orson Welles

Episode: "The Fountain of Youth"

Series: Colgate Theatre

Original Air Date: September 16, 1958

5. Budd Boetticher

Episode: "War of the Silver Kings"

Series: Maverick

Original Air Date: September 22, 1957

6. Michael Powell

Episode: "The Sworn Twelve"

Series: The Defenders

Original Air Date: March 25, 1965

7. Melvin Van Peebles

Episode: "Really Cool"

Series: The Bill Cosby Show

Original Air Date: April 26, 1970

8. George Cukor

Made-for-TV Movie: Love Among the Ruins

Program: ABC Theater

Original Air Date: March 6, 1975

9. Martin Scorsese

Episode: "Mirror, Mirror"

Series: Amazing Stories

Original Air Date: March 9, 1986

10. David Lynch

Episode: "Lonely Souls"

Series: Twin Peaks

Original Air Date: November 10, 1990

Outro: Television Is Where You Find It

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.6.2026
Zusatzinfo	20 B-W images
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-9788-4484-0 / 1978844840
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-4484-1 / 9781978844841
Zustand	Neuware