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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on August 22, 2011, 12:00:55 PM

Title: RIP Reza Badiyi, prolific TV director, 81
Post by: Wayback on August 22, 2011, 12:00:55 PM

Reza Badiyi set a record for directing the most hours of episodic series television in completing his 400th TV episode.  Among his long list of credits are "Get Smart," "Mission Impossible," "The Rockford Files," "Baretta," "Mannix," "Starsky and Hutch," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Cagney & Lacey," "Falcon Crest," "In the Heat of the Night," "Baywatch," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."  He also directed episodes of the original "Hawaii Five-O" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and was involved in the creation of both shows' memorable title sequences.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-reza-badiyi-20110822,0,7589597.story

Title: Re: RIP Reza Badiyi, prolific TV director, 81
Post by: RGMike on August 22, 2011, 12:13:02 PM

wow -- that's an amazing resume.