Ted Peshak

Director

Ted Peshak

Nacido el 22 de diciembre de 1917 en Plymouth, IowaFallecido el 9 de octubre de 200624 películas

Ted Peshak was born Theodore Joseph Peshak on Dec. 22, 1917, in Plymouth, Iowa. He was the house director for Coronet Instructional Media, a major producer of the genre known as "classroom training films", in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the actors appearing in his films were his family, friends and neighbors from Libertyville, IL, where he lived.

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He was trained as a journalist at the University of Iowa and was a photographer during his Army service during World War II, and also photographed and directed training films during his army hitch. After working at a variety of jobs, including an advertising agency, he went to work for Coronet as a director, his debut there being Shy Guy (1947) (its leading man was future Bewitched (1964) star Dick York). He eventually left Coronet and started his own company, Peshak Films, and directed industrial films for a variety of clients, including McDonald's and the American Health Care Association. He left the filmmaking business in the 1960s and became a successful real-estate developer in Illinois.

He died in Lake Forest, IL, on Oct. 9, 2006, of colon cancer.

Filmografía

24 películas como director
  1. Por anunciarHow Billy Keeps CleanDirección
  2. 1952Choosing Your Marriage PartnerDirección
  3. 1952Date EtiquetteDirección
  4. 1951Good Table MannersDirección
  5. 1951Make Your Own DecisionsDirección
  6. 1951What to Do on a DateDirección
  7. 1951Improve Your PersonalityDirección
  8. 1951Going Steady?Dirección
  9. 1950How Do You Know It's Love?Dirección
  10. 1950Good SportsmanshipDirección
  11. 1950The Fun of Making FriendsDirección
  12. 1950Understand Your EmotionsDirección
  13. 1950Developing FriendshipsDirección
  14. 1950Appreciating Our ParentsDirección
  15. 1950Earning Money While Going to SchoolDirección
  16. 1950Control Your EmotionsDirección
  17. 1949Act Your Age (Emotional Maturity)Dirección
  18. 1949Choosing Your OccupationDirección
  19. 1949Are You a Good Citizen?Dirección
  20. 1949Exercise and HealthDirección
  21. 1949Family LifeDirección
  22. 1948Everyday CourtesyDirección
  23. 1947Shy GuyDirección
  24. 1947Are You Popular?Dirección