Apr 03 2013
Glen Larson – Life and Business Speaker
Legendary US Film Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur and Life and Business Speaker
Glen Larson is best known as the creator TV series such as Battlestar Galactica, Quincy, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, and Magnum. Honoured with a dominant star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the hallmark of Larson’s style is family entertainment. Always humorous, his series are textbook examples of the genre for any would-be prime-time producer: simple storylines, likable, charismatic lead characters combined with very little violence. An entrepreneur whose creativity never lets him rest he continues working on new exciting projects which will come to light soon. His work continues to fill TV screens across the globe.
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