Will Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie | |
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Mackenzie in 1975 | |
Born | (1938-07-24) July 24, 1938 (age 85) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor Director |
Will Mackenzie (born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor.
Life
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musical Half a Sixpence. During the original run of Hello, Dolly!, he stepped into the role of Cornelius Hackl created by Charles Nelson Reilly, and he also appeared in the plays Sheep on the Runway by Art Buchwald and Scratch by Archibald MacLeish and a revival of Much Ado About Nothing.[1] Off-Broadway he was featured in As You Like It and directed a revival of I Do! I Do! with David Garrison and Karen Ziemba.[2]
On television, Mackenzie made guest appearances in Route 66, ABC Stage 67, That Girl, The Mod Squad, Rhoda, Maude, Baretta, and All in the Family, and he had a recurring role in The Bob Newhart Show. His sole feature film credit as an actor was in The Landlord.
Mackenzie made his television directorial debut with The Bob Newhart Show and went on to direct multiple episodes of The Stockard Channing Show, Too Close for Comfort, Bosom Buddies, WKRP in Cincinnati, Gimme a Break!, Newhart, Moonlighting, Family Ties, Day by Day, Major Dad, Phenom, The Boys are Back, Dharma & Greg, Everybody Loves Raymond, Scrubs, and Reba.
Mackenzie has been nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series five times and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series once.
He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series twice for Moonlighting and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series once, for Family Ties episode "A, My Name Is Alex". He also directed the 1989 romantic comedy Worth Winning.
References
External links
- Will Mackenzie at IMDb
- Will Mackenzie at the Internet Broadway Database
- Will Mackenzie at the Lortel Archives
- Will Mackenzie at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
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- John Rich for "All in the Family" (1971)
- Gene Reynolds for "Pilot" (M*A*S*H) (1972)
- Gene Reynolds for "Deal Me Out" (1973)
- Hy Averback for "Alcoholics Unanimous" (1974)
- Hy Averback for "Bombed" (1975)
- Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976)
- Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1977)
- Paul Bogart for "California, Here We Are" (1978)
- Charles S. Dubin for "Period of Adjustment" (1979)
- Noam Pitlik for "Fog" (1980)
- Alan Alda for "The Life You Save" (1981)
- Alan Alda for "Where There's a Will, There's a War" (1982)
- James Burrows for "Showdown: Part II" (1983)
- Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1984)
- Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Golden Girls) (1985)
- Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1986)
- Will Mackenzie for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987)
- Steve Miner for "Pilot" (The Wonder Years) (1988)
- Barnet Kellman for "Brown Like Me" (1989)
- James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1990)
- Peter Bonerz for "Uh Oh: Part II" (1991)
- Tom Cherones for "The Contest" (1992)
- James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1993)
- David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1994)
- Gordon Hunt for "The Alan Brady Show" (1995)
- Andy Ackerman for "The Rye" (1996)
- Andy Ackerman for "The Betrayal" (1997)
- Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1998)
- Thomas Schlamme for "Small Town" (1999)
- James Burrows for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (2000)
- Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
- Bryan Gordon for "Special Section" (2002)
- Tim Van Patten for "Boy Interrupted" (2003)
- Tim Van Patten for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" (2004)
- Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2005)
- Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2006)
- Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2007)
- Paul Feig for "Dinner Party" (2008)
- Jason Winer for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2009)
- Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2010)
- Robert B. Weide for "Palestinian Chicken" (2011)
- Lena Dunham for "Pilot" (Girls) (2012)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" (2013)
- Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2014)
- Chris Addison for "Election Night" (2015)
- Becky Martin for "Inauguration" (2016)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Chicklet" (2017)
- Bill Hader for "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" (2018)
- Bill Hader for "ronny/lily" (2019)
- Susanna Fogel for "In Case of Emergency" (2020)
- Lucia Aniello for "There Is No Line" (2021)
- Bill Hader for "710N" (2022)
- Christopher Storer for "Fishes" (2023)