Harry Kooperstein
Director

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR HARRY KOOPERSTEIN IS A VETERAN OF FIVE TELEVISION MARKETS WITH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN LIVE MULTIPLE CAMERA DIRECTION I.E.: NEWS, MUSIC, TALK, DRAMA, COMEDY AS WELL AS PRODUCING AND DIRECTING DOCUMENTARIES, SINGLE CAMERA PROFILES AND PRODUCTION VIGNETTES.

KOOPERSTEIN HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE LOS ANGELES MARKET SINCE MAY OF 1976. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORS TO SIGN ON THE FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK. FROM 1987 THROUGH 1999, KOOPERSTEIN PRODUCED AND DIRECTED AN ANNUAL SPECIAL..”LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL” FOR STATION KCOP TV. THIS EVENT WAS A 9 CAMERA LIVE PRODUCTION THAT FEATURED THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRAS HIGHLIGHTING SUCH CONDUCTORS AS JOHN WILLIAMS , JOHN MAUCERI PLUS NUMEROUS GUEST ARTISTS RE: TRISHA YEARWOOD AND BERNADETTE PETERS, ALONG WITH AN ARRAY OF HOSTS THAT INCLUDED ALEX TREBEK, CAROL BURNETT, TYNE DALY, TAWNY LITTLE AND ALAN THICKE. “LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL’S” THIRTEEN YEAR RUN GARNERED KOOPERSTEIN SEVEN EMMYS FOR DIRECTING, AND FIVE EMMYS IN THE CATEGORY OF LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR PRODUCING THE SPECIAL..THE 1995 AND 1999 BROADCASTS OF “LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ALSO GARNERED KOOPERSTEIN AND HIS STAFF THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM “THE FILM ADVISORY BOARD INC.” HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE EMMY IN THE CATEGORY OF “OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS DIRECTOR IN.. 1993, 1994, 1998, AND, 1999.

DECEMBER OF 1993, KOOPERSTEIN PRODUCED AND DIRECTED A ONE HOUR SPECIAL TITLED..”SUNSET BOULEVARD: THE AMERICAN PREMIERE CELEBRATION” THIS WAS A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S MUSICAL FROM BEGINNING REHEARSALS, TO IT’S OPENING NIGHT AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE. THE PROGRAM FEATURED ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER AND GLENN CLOSE.

JANUARY, 1995 KOOPERSTEIN DIRECTED A ONE HOUR SPECIAL LIVE FROM THE AHMANSON THEATRE HIGHLIGHTING THE OPENING NIGHT OF “MISS SAIGON” HOSTED BY ALEX TREBEK.

FEBRUARY, 1996 KOOPERSTEIN AGAIN DIRECTED A LIVE ONE HOUR SPECIAL FROM THE AHMANSON THEATRE FEATURING THE OPENING NIGHT FESTIVITIES OF..”KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN” HOSTED BY RON SILVER AND TAWNY LITTLE.

APRIL, 1997 KOOPERSTEIN DIRECTED AND SEGMENT PRODUCED A ONE HOUR SPECIAL FEATURING THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL.. “GREASE” FROM THE LOS ANGELES WILSHIRE THEATRE.

NOVEMBER OF 1998, KOOPERSTEIN DIRECTED THE LIVE 12 CAMERA PRODUCTION OF THE “67TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE” ORIGINATING FROM PARAMOUNT STUDIOS. THE PROGRAM AIRED NATIONALLY ON THE UPN TELEVISION NETWORK.

FROM MARCH 1999, TO 2002,KOOPERSTEIN WORKED WITH THE UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALONG WITH STATION KTVX-TV IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AS PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF IT’S POPULAR AWARD WINNING ANNUAL EVENT TITLED “SALUTE TO THE SYMPHONY” FEATURING MAESTRO KEITH LOCKHART CONDUCTING THE UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.. KOOPERSTEIN WAS AWARDED AN EMMY IN JUNE OF 2001 AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST EMMY AWARDS CEREMONY FOR PRODUCING AND DIRECTING..”SALUTE TO THE SYMPHONY” GIVING HIM A TOTAL OF 17 EMMYS IN HIS CONTINUING CAREER.

NOVEMBER, 2000 AND 2001, KOOPERSTEIN AGAIN DIRECTED THE 69TH AND 70TH “ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE” ORIGINATING LIVE FROM GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE..THE PROGRAM AIRED NATIONALLY IN 180 MARKETS.

OTHER CREDITS INCLUDE..THE EMMY AWARD WINNING TRIBUTE TO ACTRESS NATALIE WOOD TITLED..”NATALIE: A TRIBUTE TO A VERY SPECIAL LADY”..HOSTED BY RODDY McDOWALL AND HOPE LANGE..”THE GOLDEN ERA OF THE SILENTS” HOSTED BY MICKEY ROONEY” A ONE HOUR DOCUMENTARY TITLED “RAPE” HOSTED BY DONNA MILLS. THIS ONE OF A KIND FACE TO FACE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN CONVICTED RAPISTS AND SURVIVORS SHOT ON LOCATION AT THE OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY WAS AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL BY THE INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK..PLUS, GIVEN GIVEN SPECIAL HONORS AT THE “SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY BROADCAST MEDIA AWARDS PRESENTATION.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS INCLUDE..”THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN” AN ALL STAR JAZZ SPECIAL, NOW FEATURING CLASSIC PERFORMANCES BY JACK LEMMON AND DUDLEY MOORE.. ALONG WITH BEA ARTHUR, JACKIE COOPER, CHRIS LEMMON, JANET CARROL, DIRK BENEDICT AND HOSTED BY CONRAD JANIS AND HIS BEVERLY HILLS UNLISTED JAZZ BAND..”THE GARY OWENS ALL NONSENSE NEWS NETWORK” PLUS, NUMEROUS LIVE FEEDS TO THE BBC, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA FEATURING LIVE PRODUCTION NUMBERS WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS BARRY MANILOW, FLEETWOOD MAC., OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND MANY OTHERS.

KOOPERSTEIN IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES HAVING DONATED HIS TIME AND EXPERIENCE TO NUMEROUS COMMITTEES. KOOPERSTEIN HAS ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING TWO TERMS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, AND WAS RE-ELECTED TO SERVE A THIRD TERM FOR THE YEARS 2003-2005. HE HAS ALSO DIRECTED THE BROADCAST OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA EMMY AWARDS CEREMONY FOR SIX YEARS AND IN AUGUST OF OF 2001, DIRECTED THE LIVE CAMERAS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOR THE ACADEMY’S..” A CELEBRATION OF TELEVISION MUSIC” HOSTED BY MARY TYLER MOORE. AND AGAIN, DIRECTED THE LIVE CAMERAS FOR “TELEVISION NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL 11" IN JULY OF 2004.

ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2003 KOOPERSTEIN DIRECTED A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MR. ROGERS AT THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES HOSTED BY DAVID HARTMAN, ALONG WITH SPECIAL PERMORMANCES BY TYNE DALY, LILY TOMLIN, JOHN SCHNIEDER AND SCOTT BAKULA.

KOOPERSTEIN ALSO DIRECTED THE BIG SCREEN LIVE CAMERAS FOR SOME OF THE CONCERTS AT THE NEWLY RE-CONSTRUCTED HOLLYWOOD BOWL DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004.