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JOHN DOUGLAS “JACK” LE VIEN (July 17, 1914 - November 9, 1999) was as an American television producer and writer. He was president and executive producer of Le Vien International Productions, a cre...ver másJOHN DOUGLAS “JACK” LE VIEN (July 17, 1914 - November 9, 1999) was as an American television producer and writer. He was president and executive producer of Le Vien International Productions, a creative television and motion picture organization. Born in New York City, he conceived and designed the widely acclaimed television series “The Valiant Years,” based on Winston Churchill’s monumental history of World War II. The series was shown first on the American Broadcast TV Network and was distributed worldwide by Screen Gems, Inc. For this book and for the television series, Le Vien drew upon his background as a television and newsreel journalist, and his firsthand experience in World War II as an American Army officer commanding General Eisenhower’s frontline press headquarters. Supervising the activities of the Allied war correspondents in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany, Le Vien took part in five amphibious operations. He later became a colonel in the United States Army Reserve. From 1946-1956 he was news editor, general manager, editor in chief and vice president of Pathe News. Le Vien died in London, England in 1999, aged 85.
JOHN GOVAN LORD (May 7, 1924 - May 18, 1994) was an English television producer and writer. fought as an infantry officer with the Highland Division in Northwest Europe, later joined the Sudan Defense Force. He was staff officer at the time he left the army. Educated at Manchester and Oxford Universities, he became a writer-producer in television and worked on live and filmed television series in London, Scotland and New York. He won extensive recognition as a writer, narrator, director and producer. He died in Montclair, New Jersey in 1994, aged 70.ver menos