Roy Campanella II (born June 20, 1948) is a television director and producer.
Biography Born Roy Campanella II, he is the son of professional baseball great Roy Campanella. After directing some short films, the younger Campanella began directing episodic television. One of his first professional assignments was directing an episode of the Lou Grant television series in 1982. Within a few years he was also directing longer form television projects. He was also listed as a "creative consultant" in the credits of the sitcom 227.
By the late 1990s, he was also producing. He entered into an arrangement with Black Entertainment Television (BET) to executive produce a series of feature-length adaptations of black romance novels (three of which he also directed).
In 2004, Campanella was named general manager of Pacifica radio station, KPFA in Berkeley, California. Campanella resigned 14 months later in the wake of reports that KPFA's 24-member Local Station Board (LSB) voted to terminate his employment. Tomas Moran, a former board member and KPFA supporter, speculated that Campanella was forced to resign because he rankled a fiercely entrenched bureaucracy that could not agree on the direction of the station. The previous general manager, Gus Newport, a former mayor of Berkeley, served less than a year before he stepped down, citing personal reasons.
Selected credits
Directing
Movies of the Week (MOWs) Year Title Network Notes2000MasqueradeBETPlaying with Fire1999Rendezvous1991Brother FuturePBSDGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows - Daytime1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer StoryCBSBody of EvidenceCBS1986Passion and MemoryPBS
Episodic Year Series Network Episode Notes2002PhillyABC"Lies of Minelli"Boston PublicFox"Chapter Thirty-Four"1999–2000Beverly Hills, 90210"Slipping Away""Trials and Tribulations""I'm Happy for You...Really"1997Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanCBS"Wave Goodbye"1992I'll Fly AwayNBC"The Way Things Are"nominated for DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night1986DallasCBS"Shadow Games"1986Knots LandingCBS"Unbroken Bonds"1982Lou GrantCBS"Beachhead"
Awards and recognition 1992: DGA Award nomination 1991: DGA Award
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