American Masters

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American Masters, THIRTEEN’s award-winning biography series, celebrates our arts and culture. Launched in 1986, the series has set the standard for documentary film profiles, accruing widespread critical acclaim. Awards include 70 Emmy nominations...read more
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American Masters, THIRTEEN’s award-winning biography series, celebrates our arts and culture. Launched in 1986, the series has set the standard for documentary film profiles, accruing widespread critical acclaim. Awards include 70 Emmy nominations and 28 awards — 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series since 1999 and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special — 12 Peabody Awards three Grammys an Oscar two Producers Guild Awards for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television and the 2012 IDA Award for Best Continuing Series. American Masters enjoys recognition from film events across the country and international festivals from London to Berlin and Toronto to Melbourne. Other honors include The Christopher Awards and the Chicago International Television Awards as Outstanding Documentary Series, and the Banff Grand Prize and the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Movies.

Original Release

06/23/1986 on PBS

US Release

06/23/1986

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Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 HOPPER: An American love story Tuesday, 02 January 2024
2 Moynihan Friday, 29 March 2024
3 The Incomparable Mr. Buckley Friday, 05 April 2024
4 Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames Tuesday, 27 August 2024
5 Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
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Directors

Susan Lacy, Robert Trachtenberg, Catherine Tatge, Susan Steinberg, Rick Tejada-Flores, Sam Pollard, Michael Epstein, Ric Burns, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Kenneth Bowser, Anne Makepeace, Peter Rosen, Gail Levin, Richard Schickel, Morgan Neville, Karen Thomas, Martin Scorsese, Perry Miller Adato, Mary McDonagh Murphy, Peter Jones, Mark A. Catalena, Gary Giddins, Mel Stuart, Jeremy Marre, Michael Pressman, Barbara Hall, Christian Blackwood, Merrill Brockway, Charles Todd, Matt Mitchenor, Jim Brown, Nick Davis, Alison Chernick, Aviva Slesin, Robert B. Weide, John Scheinfeld, Kyra Thompson, Stanley Nelson, Rita Coburn, Devin Amar, Martie Barylick, Chana Gazit, Roger Sherman, Kirk Simon, Bruce Ricker, Phillip Schopper, Larry Price, Joel Geyer, Hiro Narita, Jeff Consiglio, Ciara Lacy, Peter Frumkin, St. Clair Bourne, Avon Kirkland, Laurie Coyle, Marilyn Mellowes, Sally Rosenthal, Michael Macari Jr., Terry Benes, Matthew Seig, Julia Marchesi, Kevin Bright, Mary Wharton, Rex Miller, Isaac Halasima, Sasha Waters, David Van Taylor, Bob Marty, Pamela Tom, Brent Wilson, Mark Mannucci, Tracy Heather Strain, Ian A. Hunt, Annette Jolles, Richard Kroehling, Amram Nowak, Cathe Neukum, Jane Paley, Allan Albert, James House, Reuben Aaronson, David Shulman, Jeffrey Palmer, Pamela Roberts, Jeff Kaufman, Ben DeJesus, Kendrick Simmons, Barbara J. Hall, Alexandra Dean, Arwen Curry, Variety Moszynski, Seth Schneidman, Maryte Kavaliauskas, Thomas Klein, Alan Kaplan, Day Al-Mohamed, Elizabeth Coffman, Mark Bosco, Dennis Powers, Dikayl Rimmasch, Gandulf Hennig, Dyanna Taylor, Livia Manera, Paul Bonesteel, John Paulson, Mick Csaky, Allan Miller, Robert Gordon, Peter Miller, Peter L. Stein, Beth Federici, Joe Lauro, Nancy Porter, T.W. Timreck, Raymond Telles, Yvan Iturriaga, George Scott, Robert S. Bader, Bob Hercules, Mark Kitchell, Terry Carter, Marcie Begleiter, Eugene Corr, Joshua Waletzky, Kevin Brownlow, Glenn Holsten, Pratibha Parmar, Elaine May, Doug Hamilton, James Erskine, Elise Robertson, Ricki Stern, Molly Bernstein, Arthur Dong, Hart Perry, Barbara Kopple, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Andy Harries, Sydney Pollack, Jon Brewer, Lee Grant, Joyce Chopra, Charles Atlas, Oren Jacoby, David Heeley, Terry Sanders, Lawrence R. Hott, DeWitt Sage, Helen Whitney, John Antonelli, David Gill, Tony Palmer, Pamela Mason Wagner, Jerry Aronson, Stephan Chodorov, Timothy Marx, Karen Thorsen, John Jeremy, William Karel, Yvonne Smith, Maro Chermayeff, Ben Loeterman, Luke Poling, Eric Slade, Stephen Stept, Mariem Pérez Riera, Christopher Swann, Barbara Leibovitz, Ken Harrison, Alan Edelstein, Oren Rudavsky, Anne Sundberg, Gene Lasko, Karen Goodman, Thomas L. Neff, Bruce Sinofsky, Ben Anthony, Judy Kinberg, Eric Stange, Deborah Dickson, Michael Kantor, Laurie Block, Kristi Zea, Chuck Workman, Phil Grabsky, Kent Jones, Tom Bean, Nancy Buirski, George Stevens Jr., Nick Doob, Shane Salerno, Steven Cantor, Robert Hillmann, Peter Askin, Vikram Jayanti, Debbie Geller, Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher, John Musilli, Charlotte Zwerin, Susan Froemke, Michael Cascio, Jamila Wignot, Barak Goodman, Yoruba Richen, Bob Smeaton

Writers

Susan Lacy, Robert Trachtenberg, Michael Epstein, Richard Schickel, Karen Thomas, David Gill, Peter Jones, Thomas Wagner, Gary Giddins, Anne Seidlitz, Kevin Brownlow, Mary McDonagh Murphy, Anne Makepeace, Stephan Chodorov, John Crowley, Nick Davis, Robert B. Weide, John Scheinfeld, Kenneth Bowser, Catherine Tatge, Stephen Stept, Peter Frumkin, Louise LeQuire, Laurence Maslon, Christine Lesiak, Steve Siegelman, Avon Kirkland, Ralph Ellison, Greg Palmer, Ken Chowder, Marilyn Mellowes, Daniel Blake Smith, Kenneth Silverman, Brooks Haxton, Neil Baldwin, Glenn Berenbeim, Terry Benes, Robin Bicknell, Karen Gilmour, Mary Wharton, Josh Harmon, Kyra Thompson, Sam Pollard, Robert Mundi, Peter Foges, Jan Hartman, Scott Elder, A. Scott Berg, Brent Wilson, Tracy Heather Strain, Elizabeth De La Garza Vargas, Gail Levin, Laura Nathanson, Richard Kroehling, Mary Jo Kaplan, Jordan Pecile, Paul Shyre, Raul Moreno, Vivian Perlis, Allan Albert, Rosamond Bernier, Ed Apfel, Prudence Glass, Susan Steinberg, Kiki Wilson, Pamela Roberts, Jeff Kaufman, Philip Gittelman, Alexandra Dean, John Crowley, Thomas Klein, Alan Kaplan, Clare Marash, Thomas McNamee, Day Al-Mohamed, Elizabeth Coffman, Mark Bosco, Harry Jackson, Jason Fine, Gandulf Hennig, Brian Funck, Dyanna Taylor, Livia Manera, Paul Bonesteel, Linda Wagner-Martin, Laurie Rozakis, Angela Rossillo, Dan Geist, Melvin Donalson, Alfred Bendixen, Maria Janelli, Harriet Reisen, Mark Spector, Sara Lukinson, Kristy Andersen, Leslie Clark, JoAnn Young, Dan Morgenstern, Peter Miller, Peter L. Stein, Jon Schouten, Joe Lauro, James Sanders, Will Goetzmann, Raymond Telles, Kevin Klauber, Robert Seidman, Mark Kitchell, Nelson George, Marcie Begleiter, Eugene Corr, Pratibha Parmar, Doug Hamilton, Yael Melamede, Ricki Stern, Arthur Dong, John F. Goff, Martin Scorsese, Morgan Neville, Joyce Chopra, Oren Jacoby, Joan Kramer, Sharon Wood, DeWitt Sage, Helen Whitney, Douglas K. Dempsey, Todd McCarthy, Edgar Allan Poe, Amanda Vaill, James Arntz, Karen Thorsen, John Jeremy, Michael Walsh, William Karel, Yvonne Smith, Rita Coburn, Luke Poling, Eric Slade, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Kris Slava, Barbara Leibovitz, Ken Harrison, Oren Rudavsky, Anne Sundberg, Thomas L. Neff, Dave Kehr, Noland Walker, Eric Stange, Deborah Dickson, Michael Kantor, Laurie Block, Phil Grabsky, Kent Jones, Tom Bean, Nancy Buirski, Eugene O'Neill, Steve Lawson, James Erskine, Garrison Keillor, Charlotte Zwerin, Michael Cascio, Barak Goodman, Ric Burns

Creators

Susan Lacy

Cast

Producers

Editors

Ted Winterburn, Clive Mattock, Thomas Haneke

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