Collaborating with Elvis Presley, directing the Star Wars Holiday Special
Irwin Sheppard "Steve" Binder[2] (born December 12, 1932)[3] is an American producer and director.[4] He found success behind the camera on television shows showcasing music, when he was only in his early 20s.[5] He was also influential in creating music programs with racially and ethnically diverse casts, featuring a variety of musical styles.
Binder is arguably best known as director of the T.A.M.I. Show, Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special,[6] and Diana Ross Live in Central Park, in which a torrential thunderstorm passed through minutes into Ross's first set, and the Star Wars Holiday Special. In addition to working with Petula Clark and Elvis, Binder also worked on numerous TV shows and specials with Steve Allen, Soupy Sales, Chevy Chase, Patti LaBelle, Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, Mac Davis, Liza Minnelli, Pee-wee Herman, and John Denver.
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Irwin Sheppard "Steve" Binder (born December 12, 1932) is an American producer and director. He found success behind the camera on television shows showcasing...
(2017–2022), Jason Scott in the 2017 action film Power Rangers, and SteveBinder in the 2022 biographical film Elvis. In 2019, he released a podcast titled...
Premiering on September 15, 1986, Zoobilee Zoo was produced and directed by SteveBinder. The show's concept was developed by Hallmark Entertainment, which partnered...
never going to make another movie I don't believe in". According to SteveBinder, who directed Elvis' 68 Comeback Special, the song was also motivated...
universe of the sci-fi-based Star Wars media franchise. Directed by SteveBinder, it was the first Star Wars spin-off film, set between the events of...
Ross hosted her first TV special in four years, Diana. Directed by SteveBinder, the concert portions of the special were filmed at Inglewood, California's...
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musical reputation. SteveBinder, the producer of the television special, put forward the idea of Presley singing his old hits. Binder also thought of the...
reminiscent of his early rock and roll days. Director and co-producer SteveBinder worked hard to produce a show that was far from the hour of Christmas...
American poker player SteveBinder (born 1932), American producer and director Steve Birnbaum (born 1991), American soccer player Steve Bjorklund (born c...
to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes, but she and Han ultimately marry. Steve Perry's Shadows of the Empire (1996), set between The Empire Strikes Back...
2021). "Mark Harmon Exits 'NCIS' After More Than 18 Seasons; Showrunner SteveBinder Pays Tribute". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 12, 2021. Keveney...
Of New Deal With Disney". Deadline. Retrieved April 30, 2021. Weintraub, Steve (August 23, 2021). "Watch Kevin Feige Evade All Our MCU and 'Star Wars'...
2021). "Mark Harmon Exits 'NCIS' After More Than 18 Seasons; Showrunner SteveBinder Pays Tribute". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October...
musicians of the time. It was produced by Jimmie Baker, directed by SteveBinder, and (except for the first episode) was presented by Oscar Brown Jr....
performed at The T.A.M.I. Show, a historic concert film directed by SteveBinder. The film also featured such acts as the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry...
eight-hundred thousand as For One and For All, while being directed by SteveBinder. That concert lasted 45 minutes before the storm. Winds of nearly 50 mph...
executives offered "open development,” along with a young director named SteveBinder, who was receptive to presenting Presley in a way that he could be himself...
Lucy in London is a 1966 prime-time TV special produced and directed by SteveBinder, co-produced and choreographed by David Winters and sponsored by the...
the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and the Barbarians. SteveBinder: Movies & TV". Amazon. March 23, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2014. "iTunes...
promoting his then-new album "Coming Home." The show was directed by SteveBinder, the same man who directed Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special. Select...