The late David Wolper was a documentary and entertainment producer who applied his craft to live events like the LA Olympics - and to event television like the series “Roots.” Wolper was 82 when he ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Award-winning producer David L. Wolper, who won numerous awards over a long career that included his African American mini-series "Roots", has died doing what he loved, ...

With the "Flags of the World" stunt in the can, Flaisher went on to join Wolper's official Olympics production team. Among other things, he helped ensure that the spaceship that descended on the ...

LOS ANGELES • David L. Wolper, the award-winning television documentary producer best known for the blockbuster TV miniseries "Roots" and for the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies he created ...

David L. Wolper was born on January 11, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA as David Lloyd Wolper. He was a producer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Wolper Organization, the company behind the iconic Roots miniseries, is staying in business with Warner Bros. Television Group. The two companies have renewed their overall deal, ...

EXCLUSIVE: History is taking on one of most celebrated TV programs of all time, blockbuster 1977 miniseries Roots. The cable network is planning a new eight-hour Roots miniseries after acquiring ...

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it ...

Wolper died at home in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease, his spokesman says. Wolper produced "L.A. Confidential" and the children's ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: David L. Wolper is a Producer with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Speech. David Wolper talked about his memoir Producer: A Memoir, ...