Background
Weissman, Norman was born on April 12, 1925 in Newark. Son of Julius and Lenora (Schimmel) Weissman.
Weissman, Norman was born on April 12, 1925 in Newark. Son of Julius and Lenora (Schimmel) Weissman.
Bachelor in English, Rutgers University, 1949; Master of Arts in Journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1951.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College. Weissman has been employed in motion pictures and television, writing, directing and producing more than four hundred television series programs, television specials, documentaries and theatrical productions. He has had extensive experience with network and syndicated shows, including Fireside Theater, Four Star Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theater, and the Lloyd Bridges television series.
Mr.
Weissman"s early credits include writing network radio and television shows such as: The Shadow The Private Files of Matthew Bell with Joseph Cotten Cafe Istanbul with Marlene Dietrich, and Studio One A trilogy for the United States Information Agency in 1951 were well received when shown to overseas audiences: Wilderness Library School of the Ozarks Ozark Newspaperwoman He wrote the American Profiles television series distributed by British Broadcasting Corporation and the United States Information Agency, and the Columbia Broadcasting System television Eye on the World Pilot program with Walter Cronkite. Weissman wrote and directed the following: Ninety Days to Nowhere Task Force 77 A Manitoba Called Skipper Muhammed Ali Victorious Men Foreign All Seasons A Single Step Invisible World Beneath our Seas The Best Is Yet To Come Taming of A virus The Next Step The Silent Killer The Education of John Weems The Hunters.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Advertising Women New York (honorary), International Public Relations Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi. Lodges: Rotary.
Married Sheila Holtz, December 12, 1950 (divorced December 1973). 1 son, Lee; married Natalie Ruvell, August 31, 1984.