# Michael Preece

michael preece (born September 15, 1936) is an American film and television director, script supervisor, producer, and actor best known for directing television series Dallas and Walker, Texas Ranger and films The Prize Fighter and Logan's War: Bound by Honor. == Early life == Preece was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School. His father was a salesman for a cigarette and cigar company, and his mother, Thelma Preece, was the first female business agent in Hollywood and founder of the Script Clerks Guild which later became the Script Supervisor Local 871 IATSE. == Career == While a freshman student at Santa Monica City College in the summer of 1955 in the early days of television Preece took on a job as a script supervisor.