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In 1960 the author, a hotshot documentary filmmaker, found himself in the office of John Secondari, impatiently waiting for a meeting with the executive producer of ABC's Close-Up. After 45 minutes he announced he couldn't stay any longer and rushed out onto the New York sidewalks. It took him about three blocks to realize he was making a huge mistake, so he returned and said he'd be happy to wait a bit longer. Secondari ended up hiring him, and a year later Webster was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Close-Up. Bat caves in Guatemala, the cobblestones of Paris, Afghan deserts, grim Auschwitz, the Himalayas and many other locations were the backdrops for Webster's films. He met many of the best-known people of the 1960s and 1970s -- John F. Kennedy, Orson Welles, Pope John XXIII, Elizabeth Taylor -- and won many awards including seven Emmy nominations and a first prize at the Berlin International Television Film Festival.
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Webster, who was among the New York filmmakers who introduced cinema veritT to television in the 1960s, recounts his introduction to documentary films in 1960 and his work since then in such locations as Guatemalan bat caves, Paris, Afghan deserts, Auschwitz, and the Himalayas. He has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards and received many other hon
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 1997. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, inscribed and SIGNED by author. Very clean unfaded brown cloth boards with bright gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, inscribed and signed by author: "To Chuck - Perhaps this will be a look at a road not taken - Best, Nicholas Webster." Illustrated with black & white photographs. 216 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, has one 1/4" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of one man's adventures as he travels the world making documentary films. The cast of characters includes: President John F. Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, Orson Welles, Walter Cronkite, Simone deBeauvoir, Simone Signoret, Elizabeth Taylor, Pope John XXIII and more. Written by one of the eminent talents of the documentary medium. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 017758