George Sunga
{{short description|American director and producer}}
{{Infobox person
|name = George Sunga
|birth_name = George Arcega Sunga
|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|10|02}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|07|1932|10|02}}
|alma mater = San Diego State University
|occupation = Director, producer
|spouse = Judy Sunga{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-09-tm-43659-story.html|title=Three Men About Town|first=Peter|last=McQuaid|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 9, 2001|access-date=July 5, 2021}}
|years_active = 1963-2006
}}
George Arcega Sunga (October 2, 1932 – November 7, 2023){{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/george-and-judith-sunga-obituary?id=54037407|title=George and Judith Sunga Obituary (2024)|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 7, 2024|access-date=January 28, 2024}} was an American director and producer. He was known for producing the American sitcom television series Three's Company (and its spin-offs The Ropers{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/437200247/|title=The Messenger from Madisonville, Kentucky - 33|work=The Messenger|location=Madisonville, Kentucky|page=33|date=March 9, 1979|via=Newspapers.com}} and Three's a Crowd).
Early life and career
Sunga was raised in San Diego, California and is of Filipino descent, where he attended San Diego State University in the early 1950s.{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8st7r7t/entire_text/|title=Guide to the George A. Sunga Television Collection|work=Special Collections & University Archives|first=Conor|last=Foley|access-date=July 5, 2021}} He began his career in 1963, as a production supervisor for the short-lived musical variety television series The Judy Garland Show.
Sunga later produced and directed other television programs including All in the Family, The Jeffersons, The Redd Foxx Show, Good Times, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Dear John, The Good Life, Gung Ho, Someone Like Me and Perfect Station. In 1969, Sunga was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety or Musical Series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/george-sunga|title=George A. Sunga|work=Television Academy|access-date=July 5, 2021}}
In 1972, Sunga was an associate producer of the television film Of Thee I Sing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371148610/|title=The Evening Sun from Baltimore, Maryland - 19|work=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=June 5, 1972|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}}
= Retirement =
He retired in 2006, last directing and producing for the television film, John Ritter: Working with a Master.
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External links
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Category:San Diego State University alumni
Category:American television producers
Category:American film producers
Category:American television directors
Category:Mass media people from San Diego
Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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