Biography
A successful and prolific television director for much of the 80s and early 90s, Iscove made an initial splash in the early 70s, choreographing music and variety specials for stars including Burt Bacharach, Ann-Margret and Dorothy Hamill. A 1983 ice skating infused production of "Romeo & Juliet" starring the latter was one of Iscove's early directing and producing as well as choreographing credits, and the special, titled "Dorothy Hamill in …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Returned to the big screen as helmer of the romantic comedy "Boys and Girls", starring Prinze | |
1999 | Made feature directorial debut with the updated "Pygmalion" revisit "She's All That"; first teaming with star Freddie Prinze Jr | |
1997 | Received an Emmy nomination for directing the updated, multicultural TV-movie remake "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella", starring Brandy and Whitney Houston | |
1997 | Helmed the gripping TV-movie psychodrama "Murder in Mind" for CBS | |
1996 | Directed and produced Fox's action TV-movie "Dark Angel" | |
1996 | Was producer and director of the short-lived, edgy Fox drama series "Profit" | |
1995 | Produced and helmed the fact-based CBS telepic "It Was Him or Us" | |
1994 | Was producer and director of the similarly named but differently themed "Without Consent" (ABC) and "Without Warning" (CBS), a psychiatric hospital-set drama and sci-fi asteroid disaster flick respectively | |
1994 | Helmed and produced the Janek entries "The Forget-Me-Not Murders" and "A Silent Betrayal" (both CBS) | |
1993 | Handled high drama as producer and director of the CBS TV-movies "Dying to Love You" and "River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene" | |
1992 | Helmed "Terror on Track 9" (CBS), the next installment of the adventures of New York police detective Frank Janek | |
1992 | Moved into action-adventure territory as director of the World War II TV-movie "Mission of the Shark" and director and co-producer the San Francisco earthquake drama "Miracle on I-880" (both CBS) | |
1990 | Was director of the TV-movies "Murder in Black & White", an installment of the Janek detective series starring Richard Crenna and "Shattered Dreams" (both CBS), a fact-based look at high society domestic violence | |
| Directed episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (syndicated), "21 Jump Street" (Fox) and "Miami Vice" (NBC) | ||
| Helmed several episodes of the noirish CBS crime series "Wiseguy" | ||
1987 | Directed the turn-of-the-century prep school-set "American Playhouse" (PBS) production "The Prodigious Hickey", "The Little Mermaid" installment of Showtime's "Faerie Tale Theatre" and NBC's fantastical TV-movie "The Incredible Ida Early" | |
1983 | Worked with figure skating champion Hamill again, as producer and director as well as choreographer of the CBS special "Dorothy Hamill in Romeo & Juliet on Ice"; won Daytime Emmy Award | |
1979 | Was director and choreographer of the Broadway revival of "Peter Pan", starring Sandy Duncan | |
1978 | Directed "Mary" (CBS), Mary Tyler Moore's short-lived stab at a comedy-variety series | |
1977 | Reteamed with Ann-Margret, choreographing the NBC country-western themed "Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl" | |
1976 | Was choreographer for the feature "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox", starring Goldie Hawn | |
1976 | Choreographed "The Dorothy Hamill Special" (ABC), a musical variety program hosted by the popular figure skater | |
1975 | Was choreographer of two Ann-Margret NBC special, "Ann-Margret Olsson" and "Ann-Margret Smith" | |
1973 | Choreographed Norman Jewison's big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" | |
1972 | Had early TV credit as choreographer of the ABC special "Burt Bacharach: Close to You" | |
Awards
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Variety or Music Program in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella |
1976 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Choreography in Ann-Margret Smith |