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Bill Klages

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Bill Klages

Bill Klages

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Bill Klages

Date of Birth: May 07, 1927
Date of Passing: July 07, 2024
Birthplace: Long Beach, New York
Obituary: The Hollywood Reporter

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Bill Klages was a television lighting director.

He began with NBC in 1948 as a video maintenance engineer on such series as Your Show of Shows and The Kate Smith Hour. He was then promoted to video engineer, working on Your Hit Parade. His career was interrupted by a summons for a two-year stint in the U.S. Navy, after which he returned to NBC.

Bill Klages was a television lighting director.

He began with NBC in 1948 as a video maintenance engineer on such series as Your Show of Shows and The Kate Smith Hour. He was then promoted to video engineer, working on Your Hit Parade. His career was interrupted by a summons for a two-year stint in the U.S. Navy, after which he returned to NBC.

Klages worked on many television specials as lighting director, including Merman on Broadway (Ethel Merman), Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and Sills and Burnett at the Met (Beverly Sills and Carol Burnett), in addition to specials he did featuring Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Dorothy Hamill and Olivia Newton-John.

Bill Klages was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Awards & Nominations

20 Nominations | 7 Emmys | 1 Honor
Hall of Fame - 2012
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  • Bill Klages, as Honoree
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OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A DRAMA SERIES, VARIETY SERIES, MINISERIES OR A SPEC - 1997
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, VARIETY SERIES, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL - 1996
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION (electronic) for a drama series, variety pr - 1995
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION (electronic) for a drama series, variety se - 1994
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A DRAMA SERIES, VARIETY SERIES, MINISERIES OR A SPEC - 1991
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A DRAMA SERIES, VARIETY SERIES, MINISERIES OR A SPEC - 1989
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A variety/music or drama series, a miniseries or a s - 1988
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A limited series or a special - 1985
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A limited series or a special - 1985
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT - special visual effects - 1984
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A limited series or a special - 1984
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) - 1982
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT - SPECIAL CLASS - 1979
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) - 1979
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION - 1978
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION - 1977
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION - 1976
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION - 1974
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION - 1972
Outstanding Individual Achievement In Electronic Production - 1968

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January 08, 2018
Bill Klages: Hall of Fame Tribute
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