David Heeley is a British director, specializing in documentaries, who directed episodes and inserts of Sesame Street during seasons 13 through 16.
Heeley has been a television director since the 1960s, most often in the realm of documentaries, several of which won Emmy Awards. He began his career with the BBC, on the variety or chat shows How It Is and Music Now. He continued in the same vein after moving to New York City in 1969, with public television series Free Time, How Do Your Children Grow, and We Interrupt This Week. Documentary direction included episodes of Nature and a number of entertainment-focused specials, including two 1980 Fred Astaire documentaries, Bacall on Bogart, James Stewart: A Wonderful Life and Katharine Hepburn: All About Me.
Heeley directed Samuel Beckett's play Happy Days for Great Performances in 1980. In 2015, he co-authored the book In the Company of Legends with Joan Kramer, discussing encounters with the people they documented.
Sesame Street directorial credits[]
- Episodes
- Episode 1620
- Episode 1665
- Episode 1680
- Episode 1715
- Episode 1725
- Episode 1750
- Episode 1790
- Episode 1805
- Episode 1810
- Episode 1814
- Episode 1815
- Episode 1950
- Episode 1960
- Episode 2040
- Episode 2065
- Segments
- Ernie and Bert: Getting a Bang Out of It
- Ernie and Bert: Follow the Arrows
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play with Me"
- Sesame Street News Flash: Oogle Family
- "Me Gotta Be Blue"
- Same and Different
- "D-U-C-K-I-E"
- "Exercise"
- "New Baby"
- "Home to Me"
- Kermit's Z/N Bit