Jules Seidman(1916-1979)
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Music Department
- Composer
Born in _Proskurov, Khmelnitskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR [now Khmelnytskyy, Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine]_ on 16 March 1916, Jules Seidman emigrated to the United States in 1920 with his parents, Paul and Rose, entering through Ellis Island. Jules was four years and a violin prodigy. He performed at Carnegie Hall when still a child. Jules attended NYC schools completing his education in music at Columbia University. He greatly enjoyed his professional life working as a composer, musical director, assistant director, and director through the 1950s and until 1960 at NBC-TV in Hollywood, CA, and through the '60s and '70s at WNYC-TV in Manhattan. Among the shows he contributed to in Hollywood was Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951), and the TV special Astaire Time (1960), starring _Fred Astaire_.
Jules was married in 1955 to Nancy Lou Barnard whom he met while at Columbia. They had two sons: Mark Seidman (1958) and Paul Seidman (1960), both born in Hollywood. After relocating back east, they lived in Staten Island, NY from 1967 and through most of the '70s. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 1979 at the age of 63.
Jules was married in 1955 to Nancy Lou Barnard whom he met while at Columbia. They had two sons: Mark Seidman (1958) and Paul Seidman (1960), both born in Hollywood. After relocating back east, they lived in Staten Island, NY from 1967 and through most of the '70s. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 1979 at the age of 63.