Joseph Hardy (born March 8, 1929) is an American

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-winning

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, film director,

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, and occasional

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. As a television producer, he produced two daytime soap operas in the 1960s: '' Ben Jarrod'' on

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and '' A Time for Us'' on

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. He was executive producer of '' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'', '' Ryan's Hope'' and '' General Hospital''. In addition, he was the executive producer of '' James at 15/16'', a primetime drama that aired on NBC. In 1967, he won the

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Suskin, Steven
"ON THE RECORD: ''Mamma'', Elaine's ''King'' & ''Charlie Brown''"
playbill.com, November 26, 2000. for ''

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'', and won the

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in 1969 for '' Child's Play''. His 1974 film '' Great Expectations'' was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.

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