Rick Bennewitz
Encyclopedia
Rick Bennewitz was an American
television soap opera
director
, best known for shooting location sequences for various soap operas.
Santa Barbara
Sunset Beach
Emmy Award
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
, best known for shooting location sequences for various soap operas.
Positions held
Land of the LostLand of the Lost (1974 TV series)
Land of the Lost is a children's television series co-created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC television network....
- Director (September 18 - November 27, 1976)
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...
- Director (September 28, 1984 - January 15, 1993)
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
- Director (January 6, 1997 - February 5, 1999)
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy Award
The 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...
- Win, 1991, Directing, Santa Barbara (shared with Peter BrinckerhoffPeter BrinckerhoffPeter Brinckerhoff is an American television soap opera director.-Positions held:Another World* Director As the World Turns* Director Capitol* Director Passions* Director Santa Barbara...
, Michael Gliona, Rob SchillerRob SchillerRob Schiller is an American television director and producer.Since 1984, Schiller has amassed a number of directorial credits namely A Different World, Living Single, Ellen, Malcolm & Eddie, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men, Til Death, $h*! My Dad Says and other television series.In 1990 and...
, Jeanine Guarneri-Frons (wife of Brian FronsBrian FronsBrian Frons is an American television executive, and president of ABC Daytime.- Educational background :Frons holds a Master of Science degree in Communications from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the State University of New York at Fredonia.-Television...
), Pamela FrymanPamela FrymanPamela Fryman is an American sitcom director and producer.-Career:Fryman got her first job on The John Davidson Show as an assistant to the talent coordinator, and went on to be a booth production assistant and secretary on Santa Barbara, eventually moving up to Assistant Director , and...
, Robin Raphaelian) - Win, 1990, Directing, Santa Barbara
Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An 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...
- Win, 1971, Directing, The Andersonville Trial