Panelist:Bob Del Valle
Producer
Born and raised in San Francisco, Bob Del Valle relocated to Los Angeles where he attended UCLA film school, graduating in 1973.
After gaining experience on a number of low budget independent projects (amazing the jobs you can get when you're willing to work for free), he joined the Directors Guild of America in 1979. Since then, he has worked as an assistant director, moving up to production manager and is now also producing.
He was a producer on the HBO television series "Six Feet Under", on which he worked through its entire run. Additionally, Bob has been involved with various episodic television productions and pilots, including such series as "Swingtown" "Shark", "The Sopranos", "Ally McBeal", "Melrose Place", "Hunter", "Northern Exposure", and "The Wonder Years". He has also worked on the PBS miniseries "Tales of the City", the HBO miniseries "John Adams" and the ABC 6-hour miniseries "Stephen King's The Shining". Additionally, he has worked on features (some he'd rather forget), movies-of-the-week, sit-coms, a feature documentary, music videos and commercials.
Bob has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards and is a seven-time nominee for the Directors Guild of America Award, having received one for the pilot of "Six Feet Under". His book, THE ONE-HOUR DRAMA SERIES: Producing Episodic Television, was published in 2008 by Silman/James Press. Bob has been a guest speaker at numerous university television production classes and has also consulted internationally. In addition to the DGA, he is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
