Rod Serling (December 25th 1924 with Syracuse - June 28th 1975 with Rochester) is a American Scénariste . He is the creator of the Televised series the Fourth Dimension .

Biography

Its beginnings

Boxing ur amateur in his youth, then parachutist in the American army at the time of the Second world war, Rod Serling launches out in the writing of scenarios at the end of the military conflict.

In parallel of its studies in literature in Antioch College of Yellow Springs, it gains, in 1949, the second price of a contest organized by the radio program Dr. Christian . After having written many scripts for the Television starting from 1951, it obtains finally a Emmy Award in 1955 for an episode of the series Kraft Television Theater entitled Patterns . It will gain this reward again the following year with an episode of the series Playhouse 90 entitled Requiem for has Heavyweight then with the Téléfilm The Comedian in 1957.

Dedication

Vis-a-vis the censure which prevents it from approaching politically discussed topics, Rod Serling chooses to use the Science-fiction like means of carrying out a criticism of the american company.

the Fourth Dimension

Thus the Fourth Dimension will be born the series ( The Twilight Zone ), which will comprise 156 diffused episodes of 1959 with 1964 in the United States and for which Rod Serling will gain two Emmy Awards of the best scenario writer in 1960 and 1961. This series carries its mark since in addition to to have created, he will have written the scenario of 92 episodes. After its complete diffusion, the series will be followed by the Fifth Dimension then more recently by Thirteenth Dimension which takes again both of them the original concept.

Night Gallery

In 1969, NBC diffuses a pilot project of Serling for a new series: Night Gallery . Taking seat in a museum, the pilot shows Serling introducing three fantastic stories, using three peintures.
The series really starts to be diffused as from December 1970, because the first season had been delayed. It takes again topics closer to the Roman Gothic and occultism that the fourth dimension .
Serling wrote approximately a third of the scenarios, but had discharged from the many responsibilities which weighed to him, in order to have a more creative role. From the third season, several of its scenarios are rejected. The series stops in 1973. It was not as popular as the fourth dimension' , of which it is sometimes regarded as a pale copy.

Last years

Rod Serling was also Co-scenario writer of the film the Planet of the monkeys of Franklin J. Schaffner left in 1968, scenario writer of Seven days in May of John Frankenheimer and Requiem for a champion carried out by Ralph Nelson. Become the author more rewarded in the history of television in the United States (with in particular six Emmy Awards), Rod Serling dies on June 28th, 1975 in Rochester, in the State of New York.

Anecdotes

  • the producers of the fantastic series Médium acquired the rights of images of the interventions of Rod Serling in the series the fourth dimension (generally at the beginning of the episodes). After modifications and assemblies, Rod Serling thus appears in an episode in three dimensions of Médium and indicates to the televiewers how to use the special glasses for the 3D.

  • Rod Serling was unaware of that the original title of the Fourth Dimension , The Twilight Zone is a term which in aeronautics indicates the moment during which a pilot does not distinguish any more the horizon at the time of the phase of landing.

  • the singer Michael Jackson used some words recorded by Rod Serling resulting from The Twilight Zone to make of it a rap in the song Threatened , present on the album Invincible left the October 30th 2001.

Principal catalog of films

Scenario writer and creator

  • 1959-1964 : the Fourth Dimension (televised series)

Scenario writer

Principal rewards

  • 1956 : Emmy Award of the best scenario for the episode Patterns of the series Kraft Television Theater
  • 1957: Emmy Award of the best scenario for the episode Requiem for has Heavyweight series Playhouse 90
  • 1957: Peabody Award of the best scenario for the episode Requiem for has Heavyweight series Playhouse 90
  • 1958: Emmy Award of the best adaptation for The Comedian
  • 1960: Emmy Award of the best scenario for the Fourth Dimension
  • 1960: Price Hugo of the best series for the Fourth Dimension
  • 1961: Emmy Award of the best scenario for the Fourth Dimension
  • 1961: Price Hugo of the best series for the Fourth Dimension
  • 1962: Price Hugo of the best series for the Fourth Dimension
  • 1964: Emmy Award of the best adaptation for the episode It' S Mental Work of the series Bob Hope Present the Chrysler Theater

External bond

Interview of Richard Matheson in connection with Rod Serling

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