From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia James Goldstone June 8 1931 in Los Angeles California November 5 1999 in Shaftsbury Vermont was an American director of both television and theatrical films during the 1960s 1970s and early 1980s Goldstone was noted for the momentum and fifteenminute cliffhangers that he brought to TV pilots such as Star Trek Ironside and The Senator His later career helped pioneer the concept of thirtysecond attention span pacing over detailed content in his dramatizations of Rita Hayworth Calamity Jane and the Kent State shootings for which he won the Emmy Description above from the Wikipedia article James Goldstone licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia