Legendary TV Director Don Mischer On His New Book And A Life In The Control Booth From Obama To The Oscars, The Super Bowl, The Olympics And More
deadline.comThere are few producers in live television with the kind of career Don Mischer has had in television, a career spanning six decades and just about every major event from the Oscars to the Olympics to Obama and all in between.
Just a sampling of his credits include the Opening Ceremonies of both the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics; the Super Bowl Halftime Shows with Michael Jackson, Prince, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen; the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial; Motown 25; the Democratic National Convention; the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Hall; the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; and so many many other events in our lives.
Mischer has won 15 Emmys, a record 10 DGA Awards, the Peabody, the 2012 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television from the PGA, and the 2019 DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Television, along with just about every other honor you can think of for a career in television.
Now retired from the manic life of live TV, Mischer is looking back at it all and has put a very entertaining and informative capper on it by authoring (with Sara Lukinson) his autobiography, “:10 Seconds To Air: My Life In The Director’s Chair,” which is loaded with some amazing anecdotes and stories about his life in the control booth during so many momentous moments, not to mention working with the likes of Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, Prince and countless other legends.
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