Paul Alter: Emmy-Winning Director's Journey from 'Beat the Clock' to Fame 🎬

Discover the inspiring story of Paul Alter, who began his directing career in 1950 on the hit game show 'Beat the Clock' and went on to win an Emmy Award for his outstanding work in television.

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The first job Paul Alter got as a director was back in 1950. It was on a TV show called “Beat the Clock” and this game show brought huge success to him as a director of the TV show. After completing this TV series, began Alter's long lasting cooperation with Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. In the years to come he worked on many shows produced by Mark Goodson. Those project list the well-known TV shows like What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth. <br />With his work Paul Alter helped Goodson-Todman bring to the viewers more than 60 game shows during the period between 1956 and 2000 when he was active as a director. In this period Alter directed all of the company’s shows pilots, even if other directors took the credit for his work on the series.

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