Zane Buzby
Biography
Zane Buzby is an American director and actress who grew up in East Meadow, New York, and earned degrees in performance and dramatic literature at Hofstra University. She entered show business as an assistant film editor, working on The Concert for Bangladesh and Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain, before her first major acting role in Carl Reiner's Oh, God! (1977). Her screen credits include Up in Smoke (1978), Americathon (1979), National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982), Cracking Up (1983) and This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and she co-starred in and directed the comedy Last Resort (1986). Mentored by James Burrows, she became a television director and amassed more than 200 episodic credits, among them The Golden Girls, Married... with Children, Newhart and Blossom, and she directed pilots for Sister, Sister and other series.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 5 years1979 to 1984
Every film, newest first
- 1984This Is Spinal TapIMDb rating 7.9
- 1983SmorgasbordIMDb rating 5.7
- 1982Class ReunionIMDb rating 4.6
- 1979AmericathonIMDb rating 4.6
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First role
Buzby's first job in show business was as an assistant film editor for The Beatles' Apple Films, working on The Concert for Bangladesh and Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain.
A change of course
Mentored by James Burrows and producer Edgar J. Scherick, Buzby became a television director and later amassed more than 200 directing credits in episodic television.
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Worked with
Zane Buzby shares two films with Howard Hesseman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ed Begley Jr.'s page
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Jerry Lewis's page
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All films by Rob Reiner
All films by Michael Miller
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