Background
Landau, Ely was born on January 20, 1920 in New York City.
Landau, Ely was born on January 20, 1920 in New York City.
Education high school.
Landau started working in television as a director and producer for a number of companies in the late 1940s following World World War II military service. The station was then owned by National Telefilm Associates, a New York-based television distribution company which he organized in 1954. He subsequently became the president and chairman of the board for the company.
In a 1959 interview, he said: "With this I"m bucking the trend.
But I don"t think any independent station is going to succeed if it just does the Westerns and crime and situation comedy shows that we find everywhere else." In the 1960s, he turned to feature-film production. Landau was the co-producer of Long Day"s Journey into Night (1962), a screen rendering of the play by Eugene O"Neill with Ralph Richardson and Katharine Hepburn.
In 1970, he compiled and produced the 185-minute television documentary King: A Filmed Record. Always interested in adapting theatrical productions to film, he founded the American Film Theatre in 1972 to make movies of distinguished (mainly American and British) plays.
Served with United States Army Air Force, World World War World War II.
Married Edythe Rein, March 13, 1959. Children: Neil Cary, Les Michael, Jon P., Tina R., Kathy.