Frances Buss Buch
Frances Buss Buch | |
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Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | June 3, 1917
Died | January 19, 2010 | (aged 92)
Occupation(s) | Television director and producer |
Frances Buss Buch (June 3, 1917 – January 19, 2010) was the first female television director in the United States.[1]
Career
Buch grew up in
She transferred to the fledgling
"I had seen TV at the World's Fair, but I had no idea this existed in New York. CBS was a radio network," Buch told a reporter from the Asheville Citizen-Times in 2008.
Along with CBS Television Quiz, she helped coordinate the CBS television news coverage of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
When CBS live TV broadcasts were suspended in 1942, Buch began producing and directing U.S. Navy training films. She returned to CBS in 1944 when their live television broadcasts resumed and was promoted to director in 1945.
On June 25, 1951, she directed the commercials on
In 1949 she married Bill Buch, whom she had met in Florida while making Navy training films. She resigned from CBS in 1954 to be a full-time homemaker.
References
- ^ "Early TV director Frances Buss Buch dies at 92". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 2010-01-25. p. B4. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ^ "Frances Buss Buch dies at 92; network TV pioneer". The Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 2010-01-26.
- ^ Brown, Claire (1951-06-25). "CBS LAUNCHES REGULAR COLOR TELEVISION BROADCAST SERVICE TO PUBLIC" (Press release). (via the website: Digital Insider by Howard Blumenthal (July 18, 2012)).
- ^ Morse, Leon; Chase, Sam (1951-07-07). "Preem and First 2 Regular CBShows Tip Color Advantages, Problems". The Billboard. p. 3. Retrieved 2015-03-29.