Hal Gurnee is an American television director who directed all of the television shows hosted by David Letterman on NBC. Gurnee directed the Emmy award-winning but short-lived NBC daytime program The David Letterman Show, then moved with Letterman to Late Night with David Letterman in 1982. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late night talk show host, comedian, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner (Rahal Letterman Racing), and philanthropist. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
When Letterman moved to CBS in 1993, Gurnee followed Letterman to direct the Late Show with David Letterman, and remained its director and supervising producer from 1993 to 1995. The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ...
Gurnee also directed The Tonight Show during the Jack Paar era, along with Paar's later Primetime show "The Jack Paar Program," and has directed episodes of The Man Show. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jacques Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host. ... Jimmy Kimmel (left) and Adam Carolla present The Man Show. ...
HalGurnee, who is perhaps best known as the director of “Late Night with David Letterman,” will visit ECU’s campus March 21-23.
The director’s control room at the Ed Sullivan Theater at CBS was designed by Gurnee and is now known as the “HalGurnee Control Room.” Gurnee works at his own discretion on pilots and special projects for Letterman, Kimmel and others.
Gurnee’s presentation brings a new and special perspective to four decades of political comedy on television.
Gurnee directed such television shows as "The Jack Paar Tonight Show," "The David Frost Show," "That Was The Week That Was," "The Man Show," and perhaps most notably "The Late Show with David Letterman."
While Gurnee has put up with his fair share of temperamental hosts throughout his career, it has been nothing compared to dealing with celebrities.
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