| Directed productions at the State Fair Music Hall in Dallas, Texas |
| Served as executive producer of "Love Story", an anthology series that aired on NBC |
| Was artistic director of NYC's City Center Theatre |
| While in high school, formed theater troupe, The Pastime Players in Oak Park, Illinois |
1937 | Early stage work, directed "Leave It to Smith" for Pastime Players |
1942 | Was director of close to 50 productions for US Army Special Services; first collaboration with Maurice Evans |
1945 | Directed "Hamlet" (aka "G.I. Hamlet") Off-Broadway, moved to City Center Theatre in 1946 |
1947 | With Evans, produced the Broadway revival of Shaw's "Man and Superman" |
1953 | Directed "Hamlet" for NBC's "Hallmark Hall of Fame" |
1953 | With Evans, produced "Teahouse of the August Moon" on Broadway; won Tony Award |
1954 | Staged London production of "Teahouse of the August Moon" |
1958 | Directed and produced "Little Moon of Alban" for "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (NBC); won first Emmy Award |
1958 | Helmed TV version of "Harvey", starring Art Carney |
1959 | Beacame president of Compass Productions |
1963 | Feature directorial debut, "Macbeth", originally made for TV and released theatrically with additional footage |
1969 | Helmed the feature "Pendulum" |
1972 | Directed the acclaimed Emmy-winning TV-movie "A War of Children" (CBS), set in Northern Ireland |
1978 | Final feature, produced and directed "An Enemy of the People", based on Arthur Miller's version of the Ibsen play and starring Steve McQueen |
1980 | Staged Los Angeles production of "On Golden Pond" |
1982 | Formed Shaefer/Karpf Productions with Merrill H Karpf |
1986 | First TV collaboration with Katharine Hepburn, "Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry" (CBS) |
1986 | Joined faculty of UCLA as chairman, School of Theatre, Film and Television |
1992 | Produced and directed the CBS comedy-drama "The Man Upstairs", which marked Katharine Hepburn's final appearance in a TV-movie |
1997 | Final production, directed Harry Anderson in TV remake of "Harvey" |
