Jeff MargolisEmmy Award winner Jeff Margolis is one of the most successful live TV event and variety special directors of all-time. As a kid, he was introduced to showbusiness by his uncle, gameshow legend Monty Hall. What followed is a career spanning five decads including directing mammoth hits of the 1970s like The Sonny & Cher Show, and Tony Orlando and Dawn and continuing with mega specials like Michael Jackson: One Night Only, Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come, Whitney Houston: Love Will Save the Day, Kenny Rogers Live in Concert, Quincy Jones… The First 50 Years, and Happy Birthday Elizabeth [Taylor]: A Celebration of Life. Jeff also achieved live television’s biggest and most coveted directorial prize–directing the Academy Awards, which he’s directed eight times along with multiple director and producing duties at the Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, American Music Awards, and Miss America Pageant. Read More Read Less