Awards & Winners

Don Hewitt

Date of Birth 14-December-1922
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Don S. Hewitt, Donald Hewitt, Donald Shephard Hewitt
Profession Businessperson, Television Producer, Journalist, Film Director, Television Director, Film Producer, Actor
Donald Shepard "Don" Hewitt was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine, in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.

Awards by Don Hewitt

Check all the awards nominated and won by Don Hewitt.

2004


News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine
Honored for : 60 Minutes
(Weapons of Mass Destruction)
TCA Career Achievement Award

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TCA Career Achievement Award

2003


News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine
Honored for : 60 Minutes
(A New Lease on Life)

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TCA Career Achievement Award

2002


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Saturn Award for Best Writing Spirited Away

1999


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TCA Career Achievement Award

1998


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TCA Career Achievement Award

1995


International Emmy Award for Founders
(Executive Producer, CBS' 60 Minutes)

1988


Peabody Award
(a Personal Award.)