title: Paul M. Lally
text: # Paul M. Lally
  
  Paul M. Lally is a North American television producer, writer, and director.
  
  ## Career
  
  Lally directed over 100 episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
  
  His PBS screenwriting credits include Alias Jimmy Valentine, an O. Henry adapted screenplay for American Playhouse, and episodic writing for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. His commercial screenplay credits include Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel for Walt Disney Productions.
  
  He was host and narrator of four public television storytelling series; Gather 'Round, Teletales, Gentle Giant" and A Fairy Tale Comforter for Children.
  
  His PBS executive producing credits include Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito, an Italian how-to cooking series broadcast nationwide on PBS stations.
  
  He wrote and directed Golden: The Hobey Baker Story
  
  He narrated American music composer's Ward Dilmore's The Nightingale and The Snow Queen, as performed by the ballet troupe Petit Papillon, under the direction of Patricia Walker.
  
  His ten novels include the alternate military history trilogies RISE AGAIN and AMERIKA, and the novels, RIDE THE TITANIC, BAR HARBOR GOLD, SILK, and BATTLESHIP BOYS.
  
  