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John Erman, Emmy-Winning ‘Roots’ and ‘Star Trek’ Director, Dies at 85

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Deadline, which first reported the news of Erman’s passing.Erman won a Directors Guild of America award in 1978 for his work on the second installment of “Roots.” He later went on to direct multiple episodes of the sequel series “Roots: The Next Generation” at ABC, as well as the CBS miniseries adaptation of the Alex Haley novel “Queen.”Throughout his career, Erman received a total of 10 Emmy nominations, winning once in 1983 for “Who Will Love My Children?”He picked up a second DGA award in 1986 for “An Early Frost,” which is billed as the first TV movie about the AIDS crisis.

The film stars Aidan Quinn as a closeted gay man who moves home to come out to his family and tell them about his diagnosis.In an interview for the directors guild,.

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