![]() Maybe it's just because being a manhunter or cop or detective is a position that isn't something I was meant to be but always wanted to be.who knows? It's still a lot of fun to watch. Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force is a series that allows me to have that morbid sense of satisfaction come true on a weekly basis because it lets me see people being tracked down like animals on a hunting safari and brought forth so they can serve their time. I don't care if the people getting what they deserve are poor or handicapped or on drugs or anything else because they broke the law and need to be given all they have coming to them. Scarza directed and produced commercials, i.e., the award-winning Andy Warhol “Underground Sunday” commercial for Schrafft’s award-winning docudrama, “Hooks” with Michael Landon and infomercials, i.e., “Staying Younger” with Deepak Chopra.Call me strange or odd or weird, but watching real-life series that depict people being brought to justice is something that just makes me smile. Also for the ABC Network, he directed two prime time television specials, “Man and Beast” and “The Masks We Wear,” with host Harry Reasoner. Scarza’s television series experience includes “The Mark Of Jazz” a live music series with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Carmen McRae, and Nina Simone “Listening To America” with Bill Moyers - all for PBS and the documentary series, “Discovery,” shot all over the world for the ABC Network. For five years Scarza directed live satellite telecasts of the “International Conference on AIDS” shot respectively in Italy, Holland, Germany, Japan, and Vancouver, B.C. Another first was a live event, “The First Annual Philadelphia Music Foundation Awards” that featured over a hundred “star” performers (including Patti LaBelle and Dick Clark) on stage at the Academy Of Music in Philadelphia. He directed the opening ceremonies at the United Nations for “The First Earth Run” with Tony Bennett and Danny Kaye. Television specials include “Billboard’s Disco Party” with Donna Summer “Spring Break Reunion” with Frankie Avalon “A Special Evening With Tony Bennett” and “On The Town With Tony Bennett ” “Weddings Of A Lifetime” with Peabo Bryson for the Lifetime Network, and “Just Ask George” for the A&E Network. Other syndicated specials include “Crystal Gayle” for the Showtime Network, “Roy Clark in Las Vegas” also for Showtime and “Rockin’ At The Ritz” for MTV. Scarza’s television work includes “The World’s Largest Indoor Country Music Show” with Kenny Rogers and other top country music artists for the NBC Network “Country Sunday” with Johnny Cash “Hats off to Country” with Alabama and Charley Pride for syndication. Three feature films in his repertoire are a comedy, “Don’t Miss The Boat” for the Showtime Movie Channel, a rock musical, “Disk-O-Tek Holiday,” a British Lion release and “Bailey’s Billions” with Jennifer Tilley, Dean Cain and Jon Lovitz. The film, “Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill,” became an award-winner for German television. His first major film break came when he produced and directed Lotte Lenya in a German production for UFA. He is known globally as the supervising producer/director of the largest ever television event in TV history, “Live AID.” He soon expanded into television and film and became an expert at directing multi-camera live and live-on-tape television projects. ![]() ![]() He then directed stage productions of “Golden Boy,” “End as a Man,” “La Ronde,” “Middle of the Night,” and “Of Thee I Sing.” He easily segued into staging operas – both Italian and American – “Gianni Schicchi,” “Trouble In Tahiti,” “Street Scene,” “Il Tabarro,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “The Devil and Daniel Webster” and “Archie and Mehitabel.” Scarza studied directing with acclaimed director/teacher Jose Quintero. They presented the lives of Brenda Lee with special guest, Dolly Parton Leslie Gore with her one-time mentor, Quincy Jones and Bobby Rydell who welcomed Ann-Margret to speak on his behalf. Other recent projects directed and co-produced by Scarza are three 1-hour shows, within “The Teen Idols” week, for the A&E Network’s Biography series. “Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force,” which ran for 3 years, is currently airing in worldwide distribution. Vincent Scarza is executive producer of a dramatic reality television series for the A&E Network.
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