| Other author/creator | McGee, Henry W., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Cole, Harriette, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Henry W. McGee |
| Portion of title |
Henry W. McGee |
| Abstract |
Broadcast executive and professor Henry McGee III was born on January 22, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1974. McGee worked as a writer for Newsweek from 1974 to 1977 before deciding to return to Harvard in 1977 to pursue his MBA degree from Harvard Business School. After graduating, he accepted an offer from Time, Inc. to work as a manager of film acquisition in the company's new venture, Home Box Office [HBO]. Over the next fifteen years, McGee was promoted through various director positions within HBO until he became president of HBO Home Entertainment in 1995. Under his leadership, HBO became the leading force in the TV-to-DVD industry of the early 2000s. He served as president of HBO Home Entertainment for almost ten years until resigning from HBO to return to Harvard Business School as a senior lecturer. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Harriette Cole, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2016 September 22. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2016.025 HistoryMakers |
