When I came to L.A. in the late ’90s to try and make my showbiz mark, one of the first producers I met was Alan Landsburg.
I probably spent literally dozens of hours pitching to him in the crowded North Hollywood house that his company, Alan Landsburg Productions, was headquartered in. (Alan, of course, lived in Beverly Hills.)
I never sold him anything but always had a great time because I was being treated with courtesy and respect by a man I in turn respected, both personally and creatively. And I learned! Oh, did I learn from those conversations…and from just being in the office, observing as pre-production, production, and post-production crises collided. Talk about a crash course.
Look at these amazing credits from IMDB:
1990CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) (executive producer – 1 episode)
1986True Confessions (TV Series) (producer – 1 episode)
1984The Glory Boys (TV Series) (executive producer – 3 episodes)
In Search of… (TV Series documentary) (executive producer – 31 episodes, 1977 – 1982) (producer – 2 episodes, 1977)
1981CBS Afternoon Playhouse (TV Series) (executive producer – 1 episode)
1980The Chisholms (TV Mini-Series) (executive producer – 9 episodes)
1976The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. (TV Series) (executive producer – 1 episode)
1975ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) (executive producer – 1 episode)
1975The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) (producer – 1 episode)
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV Series documentary) (executive producer – 6 episodes, 1968 – 1969) (producer – 2 episodes, 1968)
National Geographic Specials (TV Series documentary) (producer – 2 episodes, 1967 – 1968) (executive producer – 2 episodes, 1965 – 1967)
Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (TV Series documentary) (executive producer – 8 episodes, 1965 – 1966) (producer – 3 episodes, 1965)
Men in Crisis (TV Series) (executive producer – 32 episodes, 1964 – 1965) (producer – 2 episodes, 1964)
Biography (TV Series documentary) (associate producer – 44 episodes, 1961 – 1963) (producer – 15 episodes, 1962 – 1963)