Director
Bud Yorkin
100 years · Washington, Pennsylvania, USA · 17 films
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards. Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show. In 1963, Yorkin joined Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, which, at first, produced several films in the 1960s to 1971 with such major studios like United Artists and Warner Bros., and later produced many of the decade's hit sitcoms, such as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and Sanford and Son. In 1999, he and Lear were awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television. After his split with Lear, Yorkin went on to form Bud Yorkin Productions. His first sitcom after the split was the unsuccessful Sanford and Son spin-off sitcom Grady. In 1976, he formed TOY Productions with Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein (who produced Sanford and Son from 1974–1977), but their two hits were What's Happening!! and Carter Country. Yorkin's film directing credits include The Thief Who Came to Dinner , Divorce American Style and Inspector Clouseau (film) of the Pink Panther series. Yorkin is the father of television writer and producer Nicole Yorkin. He is married to actress Cynthia Sikes.
Best known for
Filmography 17
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Producer
On fuboTV
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Self
Intersection
1994 · Producer
On Hoopla
For the Boys
1991 · Phil
On Hoopla
Love Hurts
1990 · Director, Producer
On Tubi TV
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 · Director
On YouTube Free
Twice in a Lifetime
1985 · Director, Producer
Deal of the Century
1983 · Producer
On Plex
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 · Director, Producer
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970 · Director, Producer
Inspector Clouseau
1968 · Director
On Philo
Divorce American Style
1967 · Director
On Philo
Never Too Late
1965 · Director
Come Blow Your Horn
1963 · Director, Producer
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
1959 · Director, Producer
An Evening with Fred Astaire
1958 · Producer, Director