Helaine Head
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|01|17}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Film director, television director, theatre director
| years_active = 1982–present
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Helaine Head (born January 17, 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film, television, and theatre director.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Interviewer: Helaine Head |url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviewers/Head.aspx |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.dga.org}}{{Cite web |title=Helaine Head - New Federal Theatre |url=https://newfederaltheatre.com/nft-artist/helaine-head/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812001143/https://newfederaltheatre.com/nft-artist/helaine-head/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=newfederaltheatre.com }}{{Cite web |title=Helaine Head {{!}} Director, Additional Crew, Art Department |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372133/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Helaine Head - New Federal Theatre |url=https://newfederaltheatre.com/nft-artist/helaine-head/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812001143/https://newfederaltheatre.com/nft-artist/helaine-head/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=newfederaltheatre.com }}{{Cite web |title=Meet the interviewer |url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviewers/Head.aspx |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.dga.org}}
Career
In television, some of her directing credits are St. Elsewhere, Cagney & Lacey, Frank's Place, L.A. Law, Wiseguy, Tour of Duty, Brewster Place, seaQuest 2032, Law & Order and Sliders. She has also directed a number of television films.{{Cite web |title=USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile |url=https://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=6532&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=/production/faculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=31 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=cinema.usc.edu}}
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Head worked as a theatre director and stage manager in a number of stage productions on Broadway.[https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Helaine-Head/ Helaine Head credits] at www.broadwayworld.com[https://www.playbill.com/person/helaine-head-vault-0000012639 Helaine Head credits] at www.playbill.com In 1985, Head directed in The Color Purple and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
In 1990, Head directed The Danger Team, a 24-minute claymation special intended to be the pilot episode of a potentially longer running TV show.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lee|title=PRIVATE EYEFULS|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82706B9FA4862&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 7, 1992}} The pilot aired on ABC on July 3, 1991, and featured claymation mixed with live actors.{{cite web|last=Svetkey|first=Benjamin|title=Pilots: The Ones That Didn't Fly|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1990/09/14/fall-pilots-were-cut-lineup|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=3 December 2012}} The pilot episode was poorly received and was not picked up for a full series.{{cite news|last=Holbert|first=Ginny|title='Danger Team' pilot doesn't fly|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB37359A5B98B50&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 3, 1991}}{{cite news|title=Review: The Danger Team|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxHbPxbBM1AC&q=%22Danger+Team%22+1991&pg=PP148|accessdate=3 December 2012|newspaper=Variety Magazine|date=July 8, 1991|isbn = 9780824037963|author1 = Prouty}}
In the 2000s, Head became an associate professor of directing at USC School of Cinematic Arts.[http://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=6532&first=&last=&title=&did=1&referer=%2Fproduction%2Ffaculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=31 School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile: Helaine Head] Head teaches single camera television as well as intermediate directing and production.
Movies and television
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|+ !Television/Movie !Year !Role !# of Episodes |
| The Color Purple
|Movie |1985 |Music Department | |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
|Movie |1985 |Art Department | |
| Sidekicks
|Television |1986 |Director |1 |
| St. Elsewhere
|Television |1986-87 |Director |3 |
| Maraiah
|Television |1987 |Director |1 |
| Cagey & Lacey
|Television |1986-87 |Director |3 |
| Franks Place
|Television |1987 |Director |1 |
| A Year in the Life
|Television |1987-88 |Director |2 |
| L.A. Law
|Television |1987-88 |Director |3 |
| Annie McGuire
|Television |1988 |Director |1 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special
|Television |1989 |Director |1 |
| Heartbeat
|Television |1989 |Director |1 |
| Wiseguy
|Television |1989 |Director |1 |
| Island Son
|Television |1989 |Director |1 |
| Snoops
|Television |1989 |Director |1 |
| Tour of Duty
|Television |1989 |Director |2 |
| Brewsters Place
|Television |1990 |Director |3 |
| Danger Team
|Movie |1991 |Director | |
| You Must Remember This
|Movie |1992 |Director | |
| American Experience
|Television |1993 |Director |1 |
| Tribeca
|Television |1993 |Director |1 |
| Class of '96
|Television |1993 |Director |2 |
| Jack's Place
|Television |1992-93 |Director |2 |
| SeaQuest 2032
|Television |1993 |Director |1 |
| Law & Order
|Television |1994 |Director |1 |
| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
|Movie |1994 |Director | |
| Harts of the West
|Television |1994 |Director |1 |
| Sisters
|Television |1994 |Director |1 |
| Touched by an Angel
|Television |1995 |Director |1 |
| The Client
|Television |1995-96 |Director |2 |
| New York Undercover
|Television |1994-96 |Director |2 |
| 413 Hope St.
|Television |1997-98 |Director |2 |
| The Net
|Television |1998 |Director | |
| Sliders
|Television |1998 |Director |1 |
| Dear America: A Picture of Freedom
|Movie |1999 |Director | |
| After All
|Movie |1999 |Director | |
| Dear American: Color Me Dark
|Movie |2000 |Director | |
| Soul Food
|Television |2000-01 |Director |2 |
References
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External links
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