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Bruce Bilson (born May 19, 1928) is an American film director and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof Get Smart. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season Get Smart episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye".

Bruce Bilson
Born	(1928-05-19) May 19, 1928 (age 94) Brooklyn, New York
Alma mater	UCLA
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1955–2006
Spouses	Mona Weichman ​ ​ (m. 1955; div. 1976)​ Renne Jarrett ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	2, including Danny Bilson
Relatives	Rachel Bilson (granddaughter)

Life and career

Bilson was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents. His mother, Hattie Bilson (née Dratwa; 1907-2004), was an American screenwriter, and his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was born in Leeds, England.[1] His brother, Malcolm is a fortepianist and professor of piano at Cornell University.

Bilson graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1950.[2][3]

Family

Bilson married Mona Weichman on August 31, 1955; they divorced in 1976. They had two children, Danny Bilson (born 1956), a film and video game writer/producer and father of Rachel Bilson, and Julie Ahlberg, a film producer.[4]

Bilson married Renne Jarrett in 1981.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

• Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969)
• The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
• The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
• The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
• Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)

Television

References

External links

• Bruce Bilson at IMDb
• Bruce Bilson at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• Bruce Bilson at People.com

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