Buzz Kulik(1922-1999)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
After service in World War II, New Jersey born Buzz Kulik joined an
advertising agency as a producer-director of TV commercials. After a
few years he left the agency and became a television director during
the period known as "The Golden Age of Television"; Kulik directed many
episodes of such highly respected anthology series as Playhouse 90 (1956) and
You Are There (1953), in addition to such series as The Defenders (1961) and The Twilight Zone (1959). Kulik began
directing features in the early 1960s but returned to television to
become one of the most respected directors in the genre known as the
made-for-TV movie, one of his most notable efforts being the highly
acclaimed Brian's Song (1971). During the 1971-72 presidential campaign Kulik was
the television advisor to Democratic candidate Sen.
Edmund Muskie.
