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Bud Yorkin is a Actor, Director, Producer and Presenter American born on 22 february 1926 at Washington (USA)

Bud Yorkin

Bud Yorkin
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Birth name Alan David Yorkin
Nationality USA
Birth 22 february 1926 at Washington (USA)
Death 18 august 2015 (at 89 years)
Creator of Tandem Productions
Awards Emmy Award

Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor.

Biography

Après des études supérieures et l'obtention d'un diplôme d'ingénieur du Carnegie Institute of Technology, devenu l'Université Carnegie-Mellon de Pittsburgh, il devient, à partir du début des années 1950, assistant-réalisateur, puis réalisateur à la télévision américaine. Deux ans plus tard, il est également producteur de télévision, et parfois même scénariste, pour le réseau NBC. Pendant sa carrière à la télévision, il se spécialise surtout dans les émissions de variétés. À partir de 1956, il réalise, par exemple, près de la moitié des 122 épisodes du The Ford Show.

1958 est une année-charnière dans sa carrière. Cette année-là, il produit et réalise An Evening With Fred Astaire, une émission spéciale de divertissement qui obtient un gros succès et remporte neuf Emmy Awards, dont deux pour Yorkin en tant que scénariste et réalisateur. Il fonde aussi, avec le scénariste et producteur Norman Lear, la compagnie Tandem Productions, qui produit des émissions spéciales de divertissement pour les grands réseaux, mais aussi, en collaboration avec des studios d'Hollywood, dont United Artists et Warner Bros., des comédies pour le cinéma. Certaines d'entre elles sont réalisées par Yorkin lui-même : T'es plus dans la course, papa ! (Come Blow Your Horn, 1963), son premier film pour le grand écran, ainsi que Divorce à l'américaine (Divorce American Style, 1967) et L'Infaillible Inspecteur Clouseau (Inspector Clouseau, 1968).

Dans les années 1970, il est le producteur, et parfois aussi le réalisateur, de plusieurs sitcoms parmi les plus populaires de la télévision américaine, dont All in the Family, Maude, Good Times et Sanford and Son. Ce dernier sitcom lui vaut d'être nommé à trois reprises, comme producteur, pour un Emmy.

Yorkin signe encore quelques films pour le cinéma : Commencez la révolution sans nous (Start the Revolution Without Me, 1970), Le Voleur qui vient dîner (The Thief Who Came to Dinner, 1973) et, surtout, Soleil d'automne (Twice in a Lifetime), 1985), son film le plus personnel.

Best films

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
(Producer)
Blade Runner (1982)
(Presenter)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bud Yorkin (15 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

For the Boys, 2h15
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Arye Gross, Norman Fell
Roles Phil
Rating62% 3.1496553.1496553.1496553.1496553.149655
In the early 1990s, retired entertainer Dixie Leonard (Midler) has a commitment to attend a Hollywood ceremony being televised live to honor her and her longtime show-biz partner Eddie Sparks (Caan). When a young man from the TV show comes to pick her up, Dixie balks and explains what brought Eddie and her together, as well as what drove them apart. The majority of the film is an extended flashback.

Director

Love Hurts
Love Hurts (1990)
, 1h50
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Jeff Daniels, Judith Ivey, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Cynthia Sikes, Amy Wright
Rating54% 2.7098152.7098152.7098152.7098152.709815
Paul Weaver (Jeff Daniels) is accustomed to playing around on his wife Nancy (Cynthia Sikes) from his baseball-playing days. When divorce papers are filed against him, Paul decides to travel to Pennsylvania and attend his sister's wedding. But Nancy and his two children are both there, making the situation uncomfortable for everyone.
Arthur 2: On the Rocks, 1h53
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about drugs
Actors Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Dudley Moore, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kathy Bates, Paul Benedict
Rating46% 2.310542.310542.310542.310542.31054
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) is still rich and still drinks too much, but he and Linda (Liza Minnelli) are now happily married. The one thing missing in their life is a child. Seeking revenge, billionaire Bert Johnson (Stephen Elliott), the father of Susan Johnson (Cynthia Sikes), the wealthy woman whom he jilted at the altar, takes control of his inheritance, leaving him broke and homeless. Susan wants him back and is willing to break up his marriage if that's what it takes.
Twice in a Lifetime, 1h51
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Lang
Rating63% 3.1938153.1938153.1938153.1938153.193815
Harry Mackenzie works in a factory by day and comes home to comfortable marriage at night, but it lacks excitement and passion. For his 50th birthday, his wife Kate blithely tells him to just go to his favorite corner tavern and have a good time.
The Thief Who Came to Dinner, 1h41
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Charles Cioffi
Rating61% 3.052853.052853.052853.052853.05285
Webster McGee (Ryan O'Neal) is a computer programmer who abruptly quits his job and adopts a life of crime as a jewel thief in Houston, Texas.
Start the Revolution Without Me, 1h31
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles
Rating63% 3.1964653.1964653.1964653.1964653.196465
Two sets of identical twins, played by Wilder and Sutherland, are accidentally switched at birth. One set, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, is aristocratic and haughty, while the other set, Charles and Claude Coupé, is poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues.
Inspector Clouseau, 1h36
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster
Rating47% 2.3563452.3563452.3563452.3563452.356345
An organized crime wave strikes across Europe. Suspecting a mole within Scotland Yard, the Prime Minister brings Clouseau in to solve the case. Clouseau foils two assassination attempts but is subsequently kidnapped. The gang uses him to make masks of his face which they later use to commit a series of daring bank robberies across Switzerland. Eventually, Clouseau foils the plot and unmasks the traitor within the Yard.
Divorce American Style, 1h49
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, Lee Grant
Rating62% 3.1466053.1466053.1466053.1466053.146605
After seventeen years of marriage, affluent Los Angeles suburban couple Richard Harmon (Van Dyke) and his wife Barbara (Reynolds) seem to have it all, but they're constantly bickering. When they discover they can no longer communicate, even to argue, they make an effort to salvage their relationship through counseling. But after catching each other emptying their joint bank accounts (at the urging of friends), they file for divorce.
Never Too Late, 1h45
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Ford, Connie Stevens, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jim Hutton, Jane Wyatt, Henry Jones
Rating64% 3.2441353.2441353.2441353.2441353.244135
Harry Lambert is a New England lumber company executive in a humdrum life with his wife Edith. He feels his life has grown stale since his defeat in an election for town mayor. His adult daughter Kate is of little or no help to anybody; she and her husband Charlie live with him and Edith, and Charlie lives a freeloader's life, working at the lumber company.
Come Blow Your Horn, 1h52
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Tony Bill, Jill St John
Rating59% 2.995232.995232.995232.995232.99523
Buddy Baker is bored living with his parents. He goes to the big-city apartment of older brother Alan, who works for their father's artificial-fruit company but never lets business interfere with a good time.

Producer

Blade Runner 2049, 2h43
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation
Actors Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, David Bautista, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks
Roles Producer
Rating79% 3.9960853.9960853.9960853.9960853.996085
En 2049, des humanoïdes issus du génie biologique, appelés réplicants, ont été intégrés dans la société pour assurer la survie de l'humanité. K, l'un des plus récents modèles conçus pour obéir, travaille comme blade runner au LAPD. Sa mission consiste surtout à pourchasser et éliminer les anciens modèles délinquants.
Intersection, 1h39
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Jennifer Morrison, David Selby
Roles Producer
Rating52% 2.6492652.6492652.6492652.6492652.649265
Vincent Eastman and his wife, Sally, run an architectural firm together. He is the architect and creative director while she is in charge of the business end.
Love Hurts
Love Hurts (1990)
, 1h50
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Jeff Daniels, Judith Ivey, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Cynthia Sikes, Amy Wright
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7098152.7098152.7098152.7098152.709815
Paul Weaver (Jeff Daniels) is accustomed to playing around on his wife Nancy (Cynthia Sikes) from his baseball-playing days. When divorce papers are filed against him, Paul decides to travel to Pennsylvania and attend his sister's wedding. But Nancy and his two children are both there, making the situation uncomfortable for everyone.
Twice in a Lifetime, 1h51
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Lang
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1938153.1938153.1938153.1938153.193815
Harry Mackenzie works in a factory by day and comes home to comfortable marriage at night, but it lacks excitement and passion. For his 50th birthday, his wife Kate blithely tells him to just go to his favorite corner tavern and have a good time.
Deal of the Century, 1h39
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver, Vince Edwards, Wallace Shawn, Richard Libertini
Roles Producer
Rating46% 2.303152.303152.303152.303152.30315
Eddie Muntz (Chase) is a small-time American arms dealer who talks his way into a job with a large defense corporation selling high-tech military unmanned aerial vehicles to a South American dictator (William Marquez). Muntz arrives in war-torn and impoverished "San Miguel" to sell weapons to both its leader and the rebels seeking his ouster.