Douglas S. Cramer

This included Cramer's only feature film, Sleeping Together (1997), which Cramer self-financed for Bush to write and direct but which never found theatrical distribution.

In 1989 he managed just one more big success: a multi-year deal to do 23 Danielle Steel movies for NBC. At this time Cramer met and fell in love with writer Hugh Bush and began to develop projects almost exclusively for him to write, direct and produce.

He went on to produce the first mini-series, QB VII (1974) (winner of multiple Emmys), over 100 made-for-TV movies and such successful such as The Love Boat (1977), Dynasty (1981), The Colbys (1985), Matt Houston (1982), Vega$ (1978), Wonder Woman (1975) and many others, dominating the ABC line-up for several years, and shooting dozens of TV series pilots.

He was an equal partner with Aaron Spelling for nearly 15 years (1974-1989), during which he amassed a considerable fortune, even as he generally stayed behind the scenes. Once he and Spelling ended their partnership, Cramer's incredible string of successes came to an end.

He skyrocketed to prominence throughout the 1960s, serving as an Executive Vice President at 20th Century-Fox, head of Paramount TV (where he worked on The Brady Bunch (1969), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Odd Couple (1970), among many others) and head of programming at ABC Television, where he was the boss of future moguls Barry Diller and Michael Eisner.

In the late 1960s Cramer became an independent producer, creating TV movies and series.

Douglas S. Cramer is one of the most successful producers in the history of television, and a well-known collector of modern art who has served on the boards of numerous museums. He began as a TV executive for Proctor & Gamble in the late 1950s after earning a Master's degree from Columbia University.