Don Roy King
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Don Roy King is the director of Saturday Night Live
, having assumed the role in 2006. His other directing work includes Survivor
(including the live Survivor finales on CBS), The Early Show
, and The Mike Douglas Show
. He has directed morning shows at CBS and ABC.
He has directed all four Direct from Broadway musicals captured on film by Broadway Worldwide
, most recently Memphis
in 2010.
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, having assumed the role in 2006. His other directing work includes Survivor
Survivor (U.S. TV series)
Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The series premiered on May 31, 2000 on CBS...
(including the live Survivor finales on CBS), The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
, and The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...
. He has directed morning shows at CBS and ABC.
He has directed all four Direct from Broadway musicals captured on film by Broadway Worldwide
Broadway Worldwide
Broadway Worldwide was established in 1995 as a worldwide distributor of Broadway musicals captured live-in-performance for digital cinema, DVD, video on demand , pay per view , pay TV, wired and wireless television...
, most recently Memphis
Memphis: Direct from Broadway
Memphis: Direct from Broadway is a 2011 film of the original Broadway production of the musical Memphis as captured live in performance on Broadway. The show was captured at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre in New York City January 18th-21st, 2011 utilizing multiple high definition cameras and 96 tracks...
in 2010.
Awards & nonimations
- 1976, nominated for Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy AwardThe Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
for Outstanding Individual Director for The Mike Douglas ShowThe Mike Douglas ShowThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with... - 1977, won Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Director for The Mike Douglas Show
- 1978, nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Director for The Mike Douglas Show
- 1979, nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Director for America Alive!
- 1981, nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming for Kids Are People Too
- 2007, nominated for DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Program for Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
- 2007, nominated for Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Program for Saturday Night Live - 2008, nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Program for Saturday Night Live
- 2009, nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Program for Saturday Night Live
- 2009, nominated for DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Series for Saturday Night Live
- 2010, won Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Series for Saturday Night Live
- 2010, nominated for DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Program for Saturday Night Live
External links
- Don Roy King at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...