David Brinkley
An image from Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words, one of the productions that also features David Brinkley.

David Brinkley

July 10, 1920 — Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.

From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Powaqqatsi

Powaqqatsi

1988

The Sixties

The Sixties

2014

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014

All Power to the People!

All Power to the People!

1996

Gunsmith of Williamsburg

1969