Arthur Allan Seidelman

Arthur Allan Seidelman is an award-winning American television, film, and theatre director and an occasional writer, producer and actor. Born in New York City, Seidelman made his screen directorial debut with Hercules in New York, a 1970 comedy-action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Additional credits include The Caller, Walking Across Egypt, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, and The Sisters. Most of Seidelman's career has been spent in television di... more

Arthur Allan Seidelman is an award-winning American television, film, and theatre director and an occasional writer, producer and actor. Born in New York City, Seidelman made his screen directorial debut with Hercules in New York, a 1970 comedy-action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Additional credits include The Caller, Walking Across Egypt, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, and The Sisters. Most of Seidelman's career has been spent in television directing movies such as Macbeth, Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes, and A Christmas Carol; episodes of series such as Fame, The Paper Chase, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Trapper John, M.D., L.A. Law, and A Year in the Life, among others; and several episodes of the ABC Afterschool Special series. The latter won him two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Direction in Children's Programming. He also has won the Writers Guild of America Award for his contribution to... less