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Will Mackenzie

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Will Mackenzie
Mackenzie in 1975
Born	(1938-07-24) July 24, 1938 (age 85) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor Director

Will Mackenzie (born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor.

Life

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Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musical Half a Sixpence. During the original run of Hello, Dolly!, he stepped into the role of Cornelius Hackl created by Charles Nelson Reilly, and he also appeared in the plays Sheep on the RunwaybyArt Buchwald and ScratchbyArchibald MacLeish and a revival of Much Ado About Nothing.^[1] Off-Broadway he was featured in As You Like It and directed a revival of I Do! I Do! with David Garrison and Karen Ziemba.^[2]

On television, Mackenzie made guest appearances in Route 66, ABC Stage 67, That Girl, The Mod Squad, Rhoda, Maude, Baretta, and All in the Family, and he had a recurring role in The Bob Newhart Show. His sole feature film credit as an actor was in The Landlord.

Mackenzie made his television directorial debut with The Bob Newhart Show and went on to direct multiple episodes of The Stockard Channing Show, Too Close for Comfort, Bosom Buddies, WKRP in Cincinnati, Gimme a Break!, Newhart, Moonlighting, Family Ties, Day by Day, Major Dad, Phenom, The Boys are Back, Dharma & Greg, Everybody Loves Raymond, Scrubs, and Reba.

Mackenzie has been nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series five times and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series once.

He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series twice for Moonlighting and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series once, for Family Ties episode "A, My Name Is Alex". He also directed the 1989 romantic comedy Worth Winning.

References

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^ The Broadway League. "Internet Broadway Database". Ibdb.com. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

^ "Lortel Archives". Lortel.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

External links

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

1971–2000

John Rich for "All in the Family" (1971)
Gene Reynolds for "Pilot" (M*A*S*H) (1972)
Gene Reynolds for "Deal Me Out" (1973)
Hy Averback for "Alcoholics Unanimous" (1974)
Hy Averback for "Bombed" (1975)
Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976)
Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1977)
Paul Bogart for "California, Here We Are" (1978)
Charles S. Dubin for "Period of Adjustment" (1979)
Noam Pitlik for "Fog" (1980)
Alan Alda for "The Life You Save" (1981)
Alan Alda for "Where There's a Will, There's a War" (1982)
James Burrows for "Showdown: Part II" (1983)
Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1984)
Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Golden Girls) (1985)
Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1986)
Will Mackenzie for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987)
Steve Miner for "Pilot" (The Wonder Years) (1988)
Barnet Kellman for "Brown Like Me" (1989)
James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1990)
Peter Bonerz for "Uh Oh: Part II" (1991)
Tom Cherones for "The Contest" (1992)
James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1993)
David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1994)
Gordon Hunt for "The Alan Brady Show" (1995)
Andy Ackerman for "The Rye" (1996)
Andy Ackerman for "The Betrayal" (1997)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1998)
Thomas Schlamme for "Small Town" (1999)
James Burrows for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (2000)

2001–present

Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
Bryan Gordon for "Special Section" (2002)
Tim Van Patten for "Boy Interrupted" (2003)
Tim Van Patten for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" (2004)
Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2005)
Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2006)
Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2007)
Paul Feig for "Dinner Party" (2008)
Jason Winer for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2009)
Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2010)
Robert B. Weide for "Palestinian Chicken" (2011)
Lena Dunham for "Pilot" (Girls) (2012)
Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" (2013)
Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2014)
Chris Addison for "Election Night" (2015)
Becky Martin for "Inauguration" (2016)
Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Chicklet" (2017)
Bill Hader for "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" (2018)
Bill Hader for "ronny/lily" (2019)
Susanna Fogel for "In Case of Emergency" (2020)
Lucia Aniello for "There Is No Line" (2021)
Bill Hader for "710N" (2022)
Christopher Storer for "Fishes" (2023)

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

1971–2000

Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971)
Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972)
Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973)
David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974)
James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1975)
Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976)
John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977)
Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978)
Roger Young for "Cop" (1979)
Roger Young for "Lou" (1980)
Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981)
David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982)
Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" (1984)
Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985)
Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986)
Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1987)
Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988)
Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989)
Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990)
Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991)
Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993)
Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994)
Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995)
Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996)
Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997)
Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998)
David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)

2001–present

Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001)
John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002)
Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005)
Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007)
Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009)
Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011)
Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012)
Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014)
David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)
Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017)
Adam McKay for "Celebration" (2018)
Nicole Kassell for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (2019)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "Prisoners of War" (2020)
Mark Mylod for "All the Bells Say" (2021)
Sam Levinson for "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird" (2022)
Peter Hoar for "Long, Long Time" (2023)

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