Alexander Singer

1928–2020 · Directing

62.8avg grm
39titles
#570best rank
1honors
Ibest title · #570 on siteIn the Heat of the Night1988 · as Director · series65.5

Honors

1
1972Emmy — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Bio

Alexander Singer (born 18 April 1928, in New York City, New York, died 28 December, 2020) was an American director. He began his career behind the camera in 1951 as a cinematographer on the short documentary Day of the Fight, directed by his high school friend Stanley Kubrick. Singer turned to directing a decade later with the film A Cold Wind in August. Although he directed other films, such as the Lee Van Cleef western Captain Apache (1971), and Glass Houses (1972), an adaptation of a book that his wife Judith Singer wrote, the bulk of Singer's credits are in television. The long list of series to which Singer has lent his directorial talents include Dr. Kildare, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith and Jones, Nakia, Police Woman, Cagney & Lacey, MacGyver, six episodes of The Monkees, and three Star Trek series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Singer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography

Alexander Singer (born 18 April 1928, in New York City, New York, died 28 December, 2020) was an American director. He began his career behind the camera in 1951 as a cinematographer on the short documentary Day of the Fight, directed by his high school friend Stanley Kubrick. Singer turned to directing a decade later with the film A Cold Wind in August. Although he directed other films, such as the Lee Van Cleef western Captain Apache (1971), and Glass Houses (1972), an adaptation of a book that his wife Judith Singer wrote, the bulk of Singer's credits are in television. The long list of series to which Singer has lent his directorial talents include Dr. Kildare, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith and Jones, Nakia, Police Woman, Cagney & Lacey, MacGyver, six episodes of The Monkees, and three Star Trek series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Singer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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2000s1 titleSStanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures2001 · as Self - Schoolfriend & Film Director64.0
1990s4 titlesSStar Trek: Voyager1995 · as Director · series56.5CChristy1994 · as Director · series64.8WWalker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Director · series61.8SStar Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Director · series58.9
1980s11 titlesIIn the Heat of the Night1988 · as Director · series65.5JJake and the Fatman1987 · as Director · series63.8SStar Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Director · series56.8MMacGyver1985 · as Director · series59.0HHunter1984 · as Director · series62.4MMurder, She Wrote1984 · as Director · series60.0RRemington Steele1982 · as Director · series63.5HHill Street Blues1981 · as Director · series64.2WWalking Tall1981 · as Director · series64.2CCagney & Lacey1981 · as Director · series63.9FFalcon Crest1981 · as Director · series62.2
1970s10 titlesKKnots Landing1979 · as Director · series64.5DDallas1978 · as Director · series61.5LLogan's Run1977 · as Director · series63.0LLou Grant1977 · as Director · series62.8QQuincy, M.E.1976 · as Director · series62.3RThe Rockford Files1974 · as Director · series64.5MThe Magician1973 · as Director · series64.0PPolice Story1973 · as Director · series64.0LLongstreet1971 · as Director · series64.0AAlias Smith and Jones1971 · as Director · series63.9
1960s13 titlesBThe Bold Ones: The Lawyers1969 · as Director · series64.1LLancer1968 · as Director · series64.7JJudd for the Defense1967 · as Director · series63.9IIronside1967 · as Director · series63.1MMannix1967 · as Director · series62.7MMission: Impossible1966 · as Director · series61.0FThe F.B.I.1965 · as Director · series63.9MThe Monkees1965 · as Director · series62.8PProfiles in Courage1964 · as Director · series64.2MThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Director · series61.3FThe Fugitive1963 · as Director · series63.6VThe Virginian1962 · as Director · series63.5DDr. Kildare1961 · as Director · series64.4

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Alexander Singer

A
born1928
died2020
known forDirecting
titles on site39
best title rank#570 · In the Heat of the Night (1988)
avg GRM62.8
honors1 · Emmy — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, 1972
Honors
  • 1972Emmy — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Alexander Singer (born 18 April 1928, in New York City, New York, died 28 December, 2020) was an American director. He began his career behind the camera in 1951 as a cinematographer on the short documentary Day of the Fight, directed by his high school friend Stanley Kubrick. Singer turned to directing a decade later with the film A Cold Wind in August. Although he directed other films, such as the Lee Van Cleef western Captain Apache (1971), and Glass Houses (1972), an adaptation of a book that his wife Judith Singer wrote, the bulk of Singer's credits are in television. The long list of series to which Singer has lent his directorial talents include Dr. Kildare, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith and Jones, Nakia, Police Woman, Cagney & Lacey, MacGyver, six episodes of The Monkees, and three Star Trek series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Singer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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