Don Hewitt Biography (1922-)
Born December 14, 1922, in New York, NY; son of Ely S. (in advertising sales)and Frieda (maiden name, Pike) Hewitt; married Mary Weaver (deceased); married Frankie Lea Teague Childers (a theatrical producer), June 8, 1963 (divorced, 1974); married Marilyn Berger (a television news correspondent), April 14,1979; children: (first marriage) Jeffrey, Steven; (second marriage) Jilian (stepdaughter), Lisa. Addresses: Office: 60 Minutes, CBS News, 524 West57th St., New York, NY 10019-2925.
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Nationality
- American Gender
- Male Occupation
- Producer Birth Details
- December 14, 1922
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Work
- Series
- Associate director, CBS TV News (also known as Douglas Edwardswith the News and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite), CBS, 1948-1950
- Producer and director, CBS TV News (also known as Douglas Edwards with the News and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite), CBS,1950-1964
- Director, See It Now, 1951
- Director, Presidential Timber, 1952
- Executive producer, CBS TV News with Walter Cronkite, CBS, 1960-1965
- Creator and executive producer, 60 Minutes, CBS, 1968-
- Executive producer, 60 Minutes More, CBS, 1997
- Also producer and director of news analysis program Eyewitness to History.
- Specials
- Executive producer, 60 Minutes: The Entertainers, CBS, 1991
- Executive producer, One for the Road with Charles Kuralt and Morley Safer, CBS, 1994
- Producer of many CBS news specials covering special events, such as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953, the coronation of Pope John XXIII, 1958, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1963; producer of documentaries for CBS, including Town Meeting of the World, Victory inEurope: 20 Years After, and CBS Reports: Hunger in America.
- Television Appearances
- Series
- 60 Minutes More, CBS, 1997
- Specials
- Unauthorized Biography: Richard M. Nixon, syndicated, 1989
- William S. Paley: Tribute to a Broadcasting Giant, CBS, 1990
- Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter, PBS, 1990
- 60 Minutes ... 25 Years, CBS, 1993
- Narrator, Jack, 1993
- "When America Trembled--Murrow/McCarthy," CBS Reports, CBS, 1994
- Panelist, Meet the Media: What Is News? What Is Tabloid? (also known as CNBC Meet the Media: What Is News? What Is Tabloid?), CNBC, 1995
- Naked News, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
- 60 Minutes at 30, CBS, 1998
- CBS: The First 50 Years, CBS, 1998
- "Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes," American Masters, PBS, 1998
- Interviewee, Mike Wallace: TV's Grand Inquisitor, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
- Interviewee, William S. Paley: The Eye of CBS, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
- Interviewee, Great Conventions: 1948 with Roger Mudd, History Channel, 2000
- Breaking the News (documentary), CBS, 2001
- Awards Presentations
- The Television Academy Hall of Fame, Fox, 1990
- Presenter, The 9th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1993
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) 13th Annual Hall of Fame (also known as Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of FameAwards), Showtime, 1998
- WRITINGS
- Books
- Minute by Minute, Random House (New York City), 1985
- Television Specials
- Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years of 60 Minutes in Television, 2001
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
- Communications Daily, October 10, 1997, p. 7
- Insight on the News, June 8, 1998, p. 8
- People Weekly, April 24, 1995, p. 85
- Quill, November, 1997, p. 9
- Rolling Stone, May 30, 1991, p. 47
- Television Digest, October 13, 1997, p. 41
- Variety, December 21, 1992, pp. 1, 6
- Vital Speeches, November 1, 1997, p. 48