Eddie Saeta(1914-2005)

American production manager and assistant director who directed and produced films. A native of Philadelphia, Saeta grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was head of the Columbia Pictures electrical department. At 18, Saeta got a job as Columbia boss Harry Cohn's messenger boy, which led to work as a 3rd assistant director on westerns at Columbia and subsequently Monogram. Following service in the Second World War in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Saeta returned to Columbia and spent nearly two decades as an assistant director. Subsequently he branched into work as a production manager, and produced and directed a few films as well. He received a Directors Guild Award for his work on the TV movie _Brian's Song (1973) (TV)_. He died at the age of 90.