Leading director of TV commercials who turned to features in 1973 and has proved adept at handling light comedy. Zieff directed the enjoyable Jeff Bridges vehicle, "Hearts of the West" (1975), about the making of B westerns in 1930s Hollywood.
- Born:
October 21, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died:
February 21, 2009.
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Job Titles:
Director, Newsreel photographer, Photographer
Education
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Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA, art, 1946
Milestones
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1973 Feature film directing debut, Slither
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1979 Directed Barbra Streisand and Ryan O Neal in the comedy, The Main Event
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1980 Best known for directing Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin
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1984 Helmed the comedy, Unfaithfully Yours starring Dudley Moore
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1991 Directed the coming-of-age film, My Girl
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1994 Retired from directing shortly after the release of My Girl 2 due to the effects of Parkinson s disease
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1994 Returned to direct the sequel, My Girl 2
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Opened photo studio in New York; became top advertising photographer and director of TV commercials in the 1950s and 1960s
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Raised in East Los Angeles