Awards & Winners

Abby Singer

Date of Birth 08-September-1917
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Abner E. "Abby" Singer, Abner Singer, Abner E. Singer
Profession Television Producer
Abner E. "Abby" Singer was an American production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day as the "Abby Singer". According to Burt Bluestein of the Directors Guild of America, "It all began when Abby was a 1st AD and people on the crew would ask him how many shots were left to do before lunch. Abby would answer, 'We'll do this and one more.' At the end of the day, when they asked what was to be done before the wrap, Abby would say, 'This and one more, then we're out of here.'" Abby Singer himself explains the reason behind calling out the second to last shot; "In television, we would make maybe five or six moves during the day — going from one set to another, or from one stage to another. Or we'd move from the back lot to a stage. I would say, 'Fellas, we'll do this [shot] and one more and then we're moving.' This would give the crew a chance to begin wrapping up their equipment or to call transportation for gurneys, so they'd be ready to get out quickly... I did it really to save time for the director. If we did it during the day, I could save 10 to 15 minutes each time we had to move. I could give the director another hour a day of shooting."

Awards by Abby Singer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Abby Singer.

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series St. Elsewhere

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series St. Elsewhere

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series St. Elsewhere

1985


DGA Frank Capra Achievement Award

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series St. Elsewhere

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series St. Elsewhere