Quick Facts
GeminiBiography
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 fourteen 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, former Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport served less than a year before he stepped down citing personal reasons.
Selected credits
Directing
Movies of the Week (MOWs)
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Masquerade | BET | |
| Playing with Fire | |||
| 1999 | Rendezvous | ||
| 1991 | Brother Future | PBS | DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows - Daytime |
| 1988 | Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story | CBS | |
| Body of Evidence | CBS | ||
| 1986 | Passion and Memory | PBS |
Episodic
| Year | Series | Network | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Philly | ABC | "Lies of Minelli" | |
| Boston Public | Fox | "Chapter Thirty-Four" | ||
| 1999 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | "Slipping Away" | ||
| "Trials and Tribulations" | ||||
| 1997 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | CBS | "Wave Goodbye" | |
| 1992 | I'll Fly Away | NBC | "The Way Things Are" | nominated for DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night |
| 1982 | Lou Grant | CBS | "Beachhead" |
Awards and recognition
- 1992: DGA Award nomination
- 1991: DGA Award