SHELDON I. ALTFELD A twelve-time Emmy Award-nominee and four-time Emmy Award winner, Sheldon I. Altfeld has been an actor, writer, producer and director in Hollywood since 1950. His extensive credits have spanned every aspect of the entertainment industry, including radio, television, motion pictures, stage productions and recording. Mr. Altfeld is considered a renowned cable pioneer. In 1979, when the cable industry was still in its infancy, he created The Silent Network, a national cable network dedicated to programming for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Under his leadership, The Silent Network grew from 2 million households to 17 million households in ten short years. Since 1990, when he sold his network, he has become known as “The Cable Maven,” and currently assists others with their dreams of following in his footsteps as a cable entrepreneur. In the more than 50 years that Mr. Altfeld has been a producer and director, some of the personalities he has worked with include Leonard Nimoy, Lorne Greene, Richard Dawson, Edward G. Robinson, Monty Hall, Sam Jaffe, Emma Samms, William Shatner, Nanette Fabray, Louise Fletcher, Julie Newmar, Lou Ferrigno, Ray Bradbury, Norm Crosby, Pat Paulsen, Art Linkletter, Ginger Rogers, Van Johnson, John Ritter and Shirley Jones. Prior productions include: Producer/Director of the “Phyllis Diller Tinseltown Awards” with “The Three Jacks” -- Jack Lemmon, Jack Benny and Jack Klugman; Producer/Director of cabaret reviews featuring Sammy Davis, Jr., Joan Rivers and Joey Bishop; Creator and Executive Producer of a nationally syndicated salute to “The Golden Days of Radio;” and Producer/Director of “It’s A Good Sign,” an Emmy Award-winner, and “It’s Music To Your Eyes,” a Fox-TV musical-variety special featuring Audrey & Judy Landers. Listed in "Who's Who In Entertainment," Mr. Altfeld has produced, written and/or directed more than 3,500 TV shows for NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, Metromedia, Fox, Disney and various cable networks. In addition, he has produced over 5,000 hours of radio programming and more than 200 stage productions