From: Dennis Sung <sung.dennis@...>
Subject: Re: **MXFF** 'Supernatural,' 'X-Files' Producer Kim Manners Passes Away
To: -1mature_xfiles_fans@yahoogroups.com
Cc: xfs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 1:03 PM

Frank Spotniz's blog post regarding Kim Manner's passing
http://www.biglight .com/blog/ 2009/01/kim- manners-1950- 2009.html

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:53 AM, <thpets@...> wrote:
> http://www.buddytv. com/tvshow3/ tvshowarticle. aspx?article= /articles/ supernatur
> al/supernatural- xfiles-producer- k-25926.aspx
>
> BuddyTV has confirmed from a spokesperson from Supernatural that the show's
> director and executive producer Kim Manners passed away Sunday in Los
> Angeles
> due to complications from lung cancer.
>
> Supernatural creator Eric Kripke released a statement saying, "Everyone at
> Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated.
> Kim was a brilliant director; more than that, he was a mentor and friend. He
> was one of the patriarchs of the family, and we miss him desperately. He
> gave
> so much to Supernatural, and everything we do on the show, now and forever,
> is in memory of him."
>
> Many fans first learned the news from Supernatural star Jim Beaver's MySpace
> and Facebook pages early Monday morning. On his official MySpace page, it
> said "Jim is in mourning for one of the best friends and best directors he's
> ever known - Kim Manners, who died last night from lung cancer."
>
> When BuddyTV visited the set of Supernatural last summer, Jensen Ackles
> spoke about how well the cast and crew get along. Ackles mentioned Kim
> Manners,
> saying that he explain the feeling best when Manners said "We spend way too
> much time with each other not to enjoy each others' company."
>
> Manners got his start in television in the late 1970s as a production
> manager and director for Charlies' Angels. He worked steadily as a TV
> director
> through the '80s and '90s until joining The X-Files in 1995 as a producer.
> His
> work on that show helped earn him four Emmy nominations for Outstanding
> Drama
> Series.
>
> On Supernatural, Kim Manners has served as an executive producer since the
> beginning and has become one of the most influential figures behind the
> scenes
> of the show. He directed 17 episodes, including every season finale, the
> season premieres for the last three years, and his final episode was this
> season's "Metamorphosis. "
>
> BuddyTV's deepest sympathies go out to the Manners family and everyone who
> works on Supernatural.
>
> -John Kubicek, BuddyTV Senior Writer
>
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Dennis