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

Writers

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

Creators

Susan Lacy

Cast

Producers

Editors

Thomas Haneke, Ted Winterburn, Clive Mattock

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