Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- George Sunga Collection
- Dates:
- 1963-2011
- Creators:
- Sunga, George
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 3 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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George Sunga Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains records from Sunga’s producing work and his professional involvement in the entertainment industry. There are production binders for many TV projects Sunga produced. The TV series’ represented are Three’s Company, The Ropers, Three’s a Crowd, Gung Ho, The Torkelsons, Pacific Station, and Someone Like Me. There are also binders for unaired pilots that Sunga produced or supervised: The Owl and the Pussycat (1974, with Buck Henry and Bernadette Peters), Andy Capp (1972), Side by Side (1978), Let’s Be Frank, R.I.P. (1979) and The Nut House (1963). These records contain scripts, call sheets, budgeting, casting, filming information, memos, and correspondence. In his role as a board member of the Producers Guild of America and its Diversity Committee founder, Sunga produced two “Producer's Guild of America Celebration of Diversity” events in 2002 and these binders contain all correspondence and paperwork related to those events, such as honoree selection, budgets, staff lists, and scripts. There are also teaching materials from the PGA’s 2008 Power of Diversity intensive workshop and a few files from his committee work with the guild. Lastly, Sunga was a volunteer and longtime president of the CBS Alumni Association group (FROGS). These files contain many written memories from Sunga and others, member rosters, newsletters, correspondence, photos and reunion event information. A few files relate to the history of the CBS Television City studio facility and its operations.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Sunga (1932-2023) grew up in San Diego and attended San Diego State University before moving to Los Angeles. He worked in the television industry for five decades, beginning in the CBS Television City mailroom and eventually becoming a production supervisor. He left CBS to produce TV shows and specials such as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Jeffersons, All in the Family and Three’s Company. His final credit is from 2006. Sunga, a Filipino American, served on the board of directors of the Producers Guild of America and was a founding chair of the Guild’s Diversity Committee. He died in 2023 and had been married to wife Judith for 64 years until her passing in 2022. The George Sunga Award given by the PGA at the Media Access Awards was named to honor annually a television, film or documentary producer who features disabled characters, performers and storylines in their work.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by the Sunga estate on 2/12/2024
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1963-2011
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is processed and open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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George Sunga Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
- Location of this collection:
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7000 West Third StreetLos Angeles, CA 90048, US
- Contact:
- (323) 782-4680