
Known for
Directing
Born
February 22, 1926
Birthplace
Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
August 18, 2015 (aged 89)
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards.
Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show.
In 1963, Yorkin joined Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, which, at first, produced several films in the 1960s to 1971 with such major studios like United Artists and Warner Bros., and later produced many...
2019
Original Series Creator
2017
Producer
2007
2000
1994
Producer
1991
as Phil
1990
Director, Producer
1988
Director
1985
Director, Producer
1983
Producer
1982
Presenter
1982
Executive Producer
1980
1979
1977
1977
1976
1975
1973
Director, Producer
1972
1972
1971
Executive Producer
1970
Director, Producer
1968
Director
1967
Director