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Jac Venza is a public television producer who is directly responsible for most of the theatre and music programs that have been seen on PBS since its creation in 1970. From the early 1960s until his retirement in 2005, Venza brought such programs as NET Playhouse, Live from Lincoln Center, American Playhouse, American Masters, and Great Performances to millions of viewers. He won a Personal Peabody Award in 1998.
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 |
Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries | 2002 |
Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore | 2000 |
The Art of Piano | 1999 |
Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future | 1998 |
Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl | 1994 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | 1991 |
Largo Desolato | 1990 |
American Masters | 1986 |
American Playhouse | 1982 |
Big Blonde | 1980 |
Happy Days | 1980 |
The Sorrows of Gin | 1979 |
3 by Cheever | 1979 |
Mourning Becomes Electra | 1978 |
Three by Balanchine | 1977 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 1976 |
The Time of Your Life | 1976 |
Great Performances: Dance in America | 1976 |
The Adams Chronicles | 1976 |
A Touch of the Poet | 1974 |
Particular Men | 1972 |
Between Time and Timbuktu | 1972 |
The Movie Crazy Years | 1971 |
Great Performances | 1971 |
Play for Today | 1970 |
Dragon Country | 1970 |
Let Me Hear You Whisper | 1969 |
Lincoln Center/Stage 5 | 1967 |
The Star Wagon | 1966 |
The Journey of the Fifth Horse | 1966 |
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | 1966 |
NET Playhouse | 1966 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated |
2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Won |
2004 | Emmy | Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated |
2002 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Won |
1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Won |
1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program | Won |
1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
1994 | Emmy | Outstanding Cultural Program | Nominated |
1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Nominated |
1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (Special) | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Special | Won |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Special | Won |
1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |