Isaac “Ike” Kleinerman, one of television's pioneers in the art of documentary film editing, participated in the production of four of television's most widely acclaimed documentary series: Victory at Sea (1952-1953); Project XX (1954-1962); The Twentieth Century (1957-1966); and The Twenty-First Century (1967-1968).
Programs edited and produced by Kleinerman have received every major award in the television industry, including two Emmys, two Peabody Awards, and two Sylvania Awards. He was a trustee of the Flaherty Film Foundation and a member of the Screen Directors' Guild.
| 1916 July 21 |
Born in New York City to Henry and Ida (Lieberson) Kleinerman
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| 1935-1936 |
Attended City College in New York
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| 1936-1937 |
Employed by Seidan Motion Picture Company
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| 1938-1939 |
Moved to Modern Talking Picture Company
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| 1940-1943 |
Joined the New York City unit of Twentieth Century Fox
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| 1943-1944 |
Served in the United States Army, editing training films
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| 1945-1951 |
Joined the New York City branch of RKO-Pathé as film editor and director
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| 1952 |
Became editor on the production unit of NBC's Victory at Sea. Conceived by producer Henry Saloman, this series of 26 programs about U.S. naval operations in World War II was one of television's early historical compilation documentary series.
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| 1954 |
Using the Victory at Sea unit, in September 1954 Saloman began producing Project XX for NBC-TV; Kleinerman worked as editor and writer for the series
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| 1954 |
The Project XX unit was designated as NBC's Special Projects Unit and given responsibility for producing The Wisdom Series, which consisted of interviews with eminent contemporary figures
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| 1957-1960 |
Hired as associate producer of The Twentieth Century series for CBS
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| 1964-1965 |
Co-produced the World War One series for CBS
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| 1967 |
Produced The Twenty-First Century series for CBS
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| 1968 |
Received an Emmy for his work on The Twenty-First Century
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| 1970 |
Received an Albert Lasker Award for medical journalism as producer of CBS news program “The First 10 minutes of Life”
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| 1973 |
Directed A Boy Named Terry Egan
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| 1975 |
Retired from CBS
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| 1978 |
Director and Executive Producer for The Unknown War
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| 1984 |
Moved to Todi, Italy with his wife Linda Richardson
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| 2004 March 7 |
Died in Bucerias, Mexico while on vacation
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