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- A cause and place of death were not immediately available.
- Related Stories Obituaries 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries News David Yarnell Dies: Veteran Producer Of ‘Firing Line’, ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ & ABC’s ‘In Concert’ Was 96 Printz began his career as a DGA trainee, segueing into Second and then First Assistant Director positions on films and television series such as Fright Night Part 2, Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, The Wonder Years, Party of Five and Hitch, among others.
- From there, he moved into the role of producer, beginning with Shonda Rhimes’ long running ABC show Private Practice in 2008 (he would produce or co-produce 84 episodes through 2013).
- He produced or co-produced 87 episodes of How To Get Away With Murder from 2014-2020, and produced nine episodes of the NBC sitcom American Auto (2021-2022), 20 episodes of legal drama Truth Be Told (2021-2023) and 16 episodes of the Nick Backay-Chuck Lorre comedy Bookie.
- Watch on Deadline A member of the DGA and the Television Academy, Printz is remembered by director and frequent collaborator Andy Tennant as “a gentle, confident leader of the pack.” Cinematographer Tim Shurstedt said, “There are only a couple of people I’ve worked with who were as knowledgeable about what all the departments did and what their needs were.
