Filmmakers on television

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What good examples are there of established filmmakers turning to television production (for creative rather than financial reasons, I suppose)? I'm thinking of David Lynch doing Twin Peaks and On The Air (and that documentary series - "American Dreams"?), also Godard doing stuff for French and British tv.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Lars Von Trier's "Riget" is a pretty decent one. Can't vouch for the American version ("Kingdom Hospital")

― Øystein (Øystein), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

robert altman's done a bit of TV work (tanner 88 and some one-off productions) although he also started in television, so i don't know if that counts.

also, spike lee (w/ sucker free city).

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

a whole lotta Bergman-After The rehearsal, Fanny & Alexander

Scorsese (No Direction Home, The Blues (which adds Wenders, Figgis etc.)

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 20 January 2006 00:12 (twenty years ago)

Alan Clarke

― Anthony (Anthony F), Friday, 20 January 2006 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Fassbinder did a an interesting Matrix precursor called World on a Wire for television. In fact, I think Berlin Alexanderplatz was made for television, and maybe some others.

And yeah, Riget/ The Kingdom and the Alan Clarke stuff.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 20 January 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Quentin Tarantino did the episode "Grave Danger" of CSI - Las Vegas in 2005

― Paul Lamens (Paull), Friday, 20 January 2006 08:06 (twenty years ago)

Michael Mann- Spearheaded "Miami Vice" & "Crime Story" (directed & wrote episodes as well), not mention the pilot "LA Takedown" which would later get re-worked as "Heat"

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 20 January 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

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