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Interview with Hal Kanter Director of Loving You (3495 words) |
 | Interview with Hal Kanter, screenwriter and director for the Elvis Presley movie Loving You. |
| Over the years, Hal Kanter received six Emmy Award nominations, winning the last two for his writing on the annual Academy Awards telecast. |
| A : I was asked by a producer named Hal Wallis to come and see a screen test that he had made of a young man named Elvis Presley. |
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Henry Winkler to Host Scripter Awards (443 words) |
| Flourishing in TVs Golden Age, Kanter was the head of the Emmy-winning writing team of The George Gobel Show. He also wrote scripts and special material for such comedy legends as Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. |
| Kanter was the creative force behind the 1968 series Julia, a groundbreaking program starring Diahann Carroll. |
| In 2004, Kanter was honored by the Writers Guild of America, West, with the Morgan Cox Award, which is presented to the member whose vital ideas, continuing efforts and personal sacrifices best exemplify service to the WGA. |
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