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Dalton Delan | |
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| Born | August 5, 1954 Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, columnist, television producer |
Dalton Delan (born August 5, 1954) is an American writer, syndicated columnist, and television producer. He pens his syndicated column, the Unspin Room, for the Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper The Berkshire Eagle.[1][2][3] His work with PBS and Sundance have won him numerous awards for documentaries and primetime shows.[4] A number of his projects include working alongside notable figures like actor Robert Redford, Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Delan oversaw the production of sixteen In Performance at the White House programs in collaboration with the Obama administration, as well as several under the Bush and Clinton administrations years prior.[5] As executive producer, Delan brought music giants like Bob Dylan,[6] Paul McCartney,[7] Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, and Carole King to the White House.[8] The final program under the Obama administration, The Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles, is documented on YouTube as "WETA at the White House", features singers like Demi Lovato, Usher, and Anthony Hamilton.[9]
Delan was an executive producer of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor,[10] presented by the Kennedy Center to notable names in humor and comedy. Delan was also co-creator and was an executive producer of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Music, whose first recipient, Paul Simon, was presented the award in a ceremony at the Warner Theater. Delan's most recent work had him as the managing director and chief content officer of One Mind All Media, the media division for the brain health non-profit One Mind.[11]
- ^ Delan, Dalton (6 February 2020). "Dalton Delan | The Unspin Room: Jim Lehrer's legacy is set in concrete". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "The 1973 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Writing". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Service, Dalton Delan CNHI News (27 November 2019). "Dalton Delan | A grateful Thanksgiving". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Series Premiere Credits: America at a Crossroads". PBS. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Carole King Honored at Library". Library of Congress. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Associated Press (11 March 2010). "Obamas, Bidens Celebrate Civil Rights Music (PHOTOS, AUDIO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Benac, Nancy (3 June 2011). "Paul McCartney Makes Fun Of George W. Bush, Praises Obama At White House Concert". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song". Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ Baseline Studio Systems (2013). "Kennedy Center: Mark Twain Prize -- Celebrating Whoopi Goldberg". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "One Mind Team". One Mind. Retrieved 2020-02-15.