Dave Wilson (director)

Dave Wilson (May 1, 1933 – June 30, 2002)^[1] was an American television director, best known for his work as the director of the NBC program Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1986 and 1989 to 1995. Wilson retired at the end of the show's 20th season, and also appeared on-screen as part of comedy sketches that took place in the show's control room.

During his SNL tenure, Wilson was nominated for an Emmy Award for the Paul Simon episode during SNL's second year.

Non-SNL related work

Also at NBC, Wilson served as a director for the late-night music performance program Sunday Night during its two season run from 1988 to 1990, ^[2] and for many other live events as well, including the Miss America Pageant.

Wilson had a brief part playing the director of the rigged game show "Twenty One" in the 1994 film Quiz Show.

Death

Wilson died of an aortic aneurysm in Parsippany, New Jersey on June 30, 2002. He was 69.^[1]

References

1 2 Chase, Chevy (23 December 2002). "Dave Wilson". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
↑ "Sunday Night", Internet Movie Database, episodes #104 (1988), #113 (1989), #114 (1989), 121 (1989)

Preceded by None	Saturday Night Live director 1975–1986	Succeeded by Paul Miller
Preceded by Paul Miller	Saturday Night Live director 1989–1995	Succeeded by Beth McCarthy-Miller

Saturday Night Live

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

History	1975–80 1980–85 1985–90 1990–95 1995–2000 2000–05 2005–10 2010–15 2015–present

Announcers	Don Pardo (1975–81, 1982–2014) Bill Hanrahan (1981) Mel Brandt (1981–82) Darrell Hammond (2014–present)

Directors	Dave Wilson (1975–86, 1989–95) Paul Miller (1986–89) Beth McCarthy-Miller (1995–2006) Don Roy King (2006–present)

Producers	Lorne Michaels (1975–80, 1985–present) Jean Doumanian (1980–81) Dick Ebersol (1981–85) James Signorelli (1976–present)

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Characters and sketches	The Barry Gibb Talk Show Bill Brasky Bill Swerski's Superfans Blizzard Man The Blues Brothers The Boston Teens Canteen Boy Celebrity Jeopardy! The Church Lady Coffee Talk The Coneheads The Continental Debbie Downer Ed Grimley Emily Litella Father Guido Sarducci The Folksmen Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons Hanukkah Harry Hans and Franz Happy Fun Ball Hillary Clinton The Kitchen Boys The Land of Gorch Land Shark Larry the Lobster The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise MacGruber Mango Mary Katherine Gallagher Matt Foley More cowbell Mr. Bill The Nerds Olympia Cafe Pat Roseanne Roseannadanna Samurai Futaba Sarah Palin The Spartan Cheerleaders Sprockets Stefon Stuart Smalley Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber TV Funhouse The Ambiguously Gay Duo The X-Presidents Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Wayne's World Weekend Update What Up with That

Digital Shorts	Boombox Dick in a Box Hugs I Just Had Sex I'm on a Boat Jizz in My Pants Lazy Sunday Like a Boss Jack Sparrow The Creep YOLO 3-Way (The Golden Rule)

Films based on sketches	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) The Blues Brothers (1980) Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986) Bob Roberts (1992) Mr. Saturday Night (1992) Wayne's World (1992) Wayne's World 2 (1993) Coneheads (1993) It's Pat (1994) Stuart Saves His Family (1995) A Night at the Roxbury (1998) Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Superstar (1999) The Ladies Man (2000) A Mighty Wind (2003) Harold (2008) MacGruber (2010)

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