Steven Wechsler Receives 2006 EMMY Nomination for Editing PBS American Masters Documentary John Ford John Wayne The Filmmaker and The Legend



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July 9, 2006 -- Editor Steven Wechsler of The Wechsler Group (New York, NY) received a 2006 EMMY nomination, in the category of Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming, for the 90-minute season premiere of the PBS American Masters documentary John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend. The program first aired on Thirteen/WNET New York May 10, 2006.

Also receiving EMMY nominations for their contributions to John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend were Sam Pollard, Director and Ken Bowser, Writer.

John Ford is considered by many to be America'ss greatest director - winner of six Academy Awards, more than any director before or since. John Wayne is the actor whom he transformed from a B-western cowboy into a larger-than-life national icon. Their friendship and professional collaboration spanned 50 years, changed each other'ss lives, changed the movies and, in the process, changed how America saw itself. Their remarkable body of work - including Stagecoach, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, The Quite Man, They Were Expendable and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - is heroic and nostalgic, reflecting all the elements and all the paradoxes in 20th-century America.

The documentary, narrated by acclaimed film director Sydney Pollack, includes archival footage and new interviews with a range of experts including Martin Scorsese, John Milius, Mark Rydell, Peter Bogdonavich, Richard Schickel, Partick Wayne (the star's8217;s son), Dan Ford (grandson of the director) and Harry Carey, Jr., among others, who offer fresh insights into the relationship of these two film giants.

Steven Wechsler can be reached at The Wechsler Group, located at 185 West End Avenue, Suite 22B/C, New York, New York 10023-5549; Phone (212) 787-8699; Fax (212) 877-6254; Cell (917) 612-2366; or Email.





Steven Wechsler Receives 2006 EMMY Nomination for Editing PBS American Masters Documentary John Ford John Wayne The Filmmaker and The Legend