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Emily Squires | |
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| Born | Emily Hull Squires (1941-08-23)August 23, 1941 |
| Died | November 21, 2012(2012-11-21) (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Randolph Macon Woman's College University of North Carolina |
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| Years active | 1969–2012 |
Emily Squires (bornEmily Hull Squires August 23, 1941 – November 21, 2012) was an Americantelevision producer anddirector best known for herEmmy Award-winning work onSesame Street.[1][2]
After attendingRandolph-Macon Woman's College, from which she later received an award as an outstanding alumna, Emily Squires graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina in 1962. She moved to New York later that year and began working forCBS News. In 1967, when public television was in its infancy, she began working for thePublic Broadcast Laboratory.Two years later, she began working as a production assistant atSesame Street during its first year on the air.[2]
In 1982, Squires joined a team ofSesame Street directors that includedJon Stone,Lisa Simon, andTed May. Over the next 25 years, she received 18Emmy nominations and became known for having a terrific eye when it came to shooting musical numbers.[2]
In addition to becoming the first woman director ofSesame Street, Squires helped break other barriers as well. "She wanted to work on the show because it was making changes in racial stereotypes in America,"Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the show, toldThe New York Times.[2]
Squires co-produced "Sesame Street's" 25th anniversary special show, "All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever!"[2]
Squires also wrote for daytime television serials includingGuiding Light,Secret Storm,Search for Tomorrow, andAs the World Turns, and worked on interfaith cable TV series and documentaries on theDalai Lama,Frederick Franck, andHiroshima. With her husband Len Belzer, Squires co-authored the bookSpiritual Places in New York City.
Squires won six daytime Emmy Awards for her directingSesame Street. She also wrote and directedBetween the Lions, another PBS series, and was nominated for threeWriters Guild of America awards in the Daytime Serials category for her work onGuiding Light andSearch for Tomorrow. She won one of two nominations in 1985 and was again nominated in 1986.
She received anEmmy Award in 1994, in the category Outstanding Children's program, forAll-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever!
She has also been nominated for fifteenDaytime Emmys, in the categories Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, and Outstanding Directing in a Children's series, for her work onGuiding Light,As the World Turns,Sesame Street, andBetween the Lions.
Squires died on November 21, 2012, aged 71.[1][2]
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