Zev Putterman

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Job Title

Producer

Born

November 30, 1928

Career Milestones

1991

Director of Community Relations at Amity, AZ, a therapeutic community that aids recovering drug addicts

1989

Created own production company, Zev Putterman Productions

1970

Moved back to San Francisco as director of national programs for KQED

1969

Independent producer for ABC

Worked for Metromedia Television in Los Angeles; first as executive producer of KTTV, then as director of program development

TV debut as a producer in the early 60s at KGO-TV in San Francisco

Entered Synanon in the 60s to overcome heroin drug addiction

Returned to NY and worked as a stage manager and director for Broadway and Off Broadway productions in the late 1950s through the early 60s

Fought in Israel's war for independence

Worked for the JERUSALEM POST in Israel