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James Dean: Sense Memories
  • Cine Golden Eeagle 2005

    Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
  • Cine Golden Eeagle 2005

    Willa Cather
  • National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum 2006 Western Heritage Award Film and Television Winner - Factual Narrative Category

    Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)2005 Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award
  • The Recording Academy's 2006 Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video
  • 2006 PEABODY AWARD
  • 2006 Jammy Award Best DVD
  • Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2006 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form - Music
  • NOMINATION Banff World Television Festival Award 2006 BANFF Rockie for Best Arts Documentary
  • NOMINATION 2006 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA)Huw Wheldon Award For Specialist Factual
  • NOMINATION 2006 Focal Award Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment, Arts or Drama Production -
  • NOMINATION Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2006 BFCA Award Best Picture Made for Television
  • NOMINATION 2006 Grammy Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Bob Dylan ( For The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7.)
  • NOMINATION 2005 Satellite Award Outstanding Documentary - DVD

    awards 2003-2004

    ARTHUR MILLER/ELIA KAZAN AND THE BLACKLIST: NONE WITHOUT SIN
  • Melbourne Film Festival - screening
  • Oslo Film Festival - Screening
  • Silver Award from Worldfest Houston
  • Palm Beach Jewish Film festival - screening

    HENRY LUCE
  • Cine Golden Eagle 2004

    GORE VIDAL
  • Cine Golden Eagle 2004

    AMERICAN MASTERS
  • 2004 Chicago Film Festival: HUGO GOLD PLAQUE for EDUCATIONAL/DOCUMENTARY SERIES

    HENRY LUCE
  • 2004 NYSBA (New York State Broadcasters Association) TELEVISION AWARD: OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

    AMERICAN MASTERS
  • EMMY for Outstanding Nonfiction Series, 2004

    JUDY GARLAND
  • EMMY for Outstanding Picture Editing, Nonfiction Programming 2004
  • EMMY for Outstanding Writing, Nonfiction Programming 2004
  • Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Directing
  • Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Sound Mixing
  • 9th Anuual PRISM Award Commendation in the TV Biographical Series Episode or Special Category
  • 2005 Worldfest Houston Gold Special Jury Award for Television and Cable Production - Information,
  • Cultural or Historical Programming/Program

    AMERICAN MASTERS
  • IDA 2004 Continuing Series Award

    ARTHUR MILLER/ELIA KAZAN AND THE BLACKLIST: NONE WITHOUT SIN
  • IDA/ABC News nomination: Video Source Award 2004

    HANK WILLIAMS
  • 9th Anuual PRISM Award Commendation in the TV Biographical Series Episode or Special Category
  • 2005 CINE Golden Eagle



    Willie Nelson: STILL IS STILL MOVING
  • 2003 Emmy Award - Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (representative program)Selected for 2003 Sundance screening
  • 2003 Santa Barbara Film Festival-screening
  • 2003 Full Frame/DoubleTake--screening
  • 2003 Festival International du film sur l'art de Montreal-screening
  • 2003 Full Frame/DoubleTake--screening
  • 2003 Minneapolis Film Festival - screening DocAviv Documentary Festival (Israel) -screening
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)- screening
  • San Francisco Film festival - screening Mountainfilm in Telluride - winner of 'voice for Humanity" award
  • Woodshole Festival - screening
  • Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival - screening
  • It's all true (Brazil) -screening
  • Locarno (Switzerland) - Screening
  • Oslo Film Festival - Screening
  • Melbourne Film Festival - Screening
  • Gold Award in Worldfest Houston
  • Cologne Conference in Germany - Screening
  • CINE Golden Eagle
  • PORT TOWNSEND FILM FESTIVAL - screening
  • United Nations Associations Film festival 2003 - screening
  • Palm Beach Jewish Film festival - screening
  • Festival dei Popoli (Italy) - screening
    American Masters has won two Emmys for the 2002-2003 seasion:

    Outstanding Nonfiction Series
    American Masters, PBS, A co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, Susan Lacy, Executive Producer Julie Sacks, Supervising Producer Prudence Glass, Series Producer Ann Makepeace, Producer

    Outstanding Sound Mixing For Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multicamera)
    American Masters • Joni Mitchell: Woman Of Heart And Mind • PBS • A co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York & Eagle Rock Entertainment Peter Waggoner, Re-Recording Mixer



    SAMUEL GOLDWYN
  • 2001 Peabody Award
    F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: WINTER DREAMS
  • Gold CINDY winner
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2002

    RICHARD RODGERS: THE SWEETEST SOUNDS
  • Gold Plaque - Chicago International TV Competition
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2002

    QUINCY JONES: IN THE POCKET
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2002

    GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT: THE LEGACY OF SUN RECORDS
  • Certificate of Merit - Chicago International TV Competition

    RALPH ELLISON: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY
  • Selected for 2002 Sundance Festival , General Documentary screening

    GENE KELLY
  • NYSBA Award 2002



    CLINT EASTWOOD - OUT OF THE SHADOWS
  • Venice International Film Festival - world premiere screening
  • International Festival of Films on Art 2002

    ON CUKOR
  • Cine Golden Eagle 2001

    FINDING LUCY
  • Gold Award - Worldfest Houston 2001
  • 2001 Emmy Award - Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (representative program)
  • WGA nomination
  • 2001 Cine Golden Eagle

    BOB MARLEY: REBEL MUSIC
  • Nominated for a Grammy for Best Long Form Video
  • 2001 Cine Golden Eagle

    ALFRED STIEGLITZ: THE ELOQUENT EYE
  • International Festival of Films on Art 2002
  • 2001 Cine Golden Eagle
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2002

    EDWARD S. CURTIS AND THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
  • John O' Connor Award for Best Film - American Historical Association
  • Cine Golden Eagle Award 2000
  • Best Documentary - Telluride MountainFilm Festival
  • Gold Award, Special Jury Prize - Houston Worldfest
  • Audience Favorite - Aspen FilmFest
  • Best Historical Documentary - Berkeley Film and Video Festival
  • Audience Award, Best Documentary - Newport Beach Film Festival
  • Best Documentary - Saguaro Film Fesitval International 2000
  • Best Documentary - New Jersey International Film Festival
  • Best Environmental Film - Vermont International Film Festival
  • Best Documentary - Hardacre Film Festival, Iowa
  • Shortlisted for 2000 Academy Award for Feature Documentary
  • Sundance Film Festival 2000 - World Premiere in Documentary Competition
  • Musee de l'Homme, Paris - Screening
  • Munich International Film Festival - screening
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History - screening
  • Beeldvoorbeeld, Amsterdam - screening
  • DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival - screening
  • Santa Barbara International Film Festival - screening
  • Seattle International Film Festival - screening
  • Nashville International Film Festival - screening
  • Florida International Film Festival - screening
  • Breckenridge Film Festival - screening
  • Port Townshend Film Festival - screening
  • New Zealand International Film Festival - screening
  • Native American Film Festival, National Museum of the American Indian - screening
  • American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts - screening
  • New Orleans International Film Festival
  • Hot Springs International Film Festival
  • Cork International Film Festival (Ireland)
  • Gold Hugo - 2000 Chicago International TV Festival
  • Silver CINDY winner



    HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD
  • 2000 Emmy Award - Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (representative program)
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Grand Award - WorldFest Flagstaff
  • 2000 Banff Film Festival - Rockie Award for Best Arts Documentary
  • WGA nomination (Michael Epstein)
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2001
  • 2001 Gold International Cindy Award

    NORMAN ROCKWELL: PAINTING AMERICA
  • Nombre D'Or Widescreen Festival - screening
  • Festival International Du Film Sur L'Art - screening
  • 2001 Silver International Cindy Award

    ELLA FITZGERALD: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
  • 2000 Grammy Award nomination - Best Long Form Music Video
  • Gold Special Jury Award - Worldfest Houston 2001
  • 2001 Gold International Cindy Award

    ISAAC STERN: LIFE'S VIRTUOSO
  • Cine Golden Eagle 2001



    LEONARD BERNSTEIN: REACHING FOR THE NOTE
  • 1999 Emmy Award - Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (representative program)
  • DGA nomination (Susan Lacy)
  • Hamptons International Film Festival - screening
  • AFI International Film Festival - screening
  • Jerusalem International Film Festival - screening
  • FIPA
  • Gold Hugo Award - Chicago International Television Festival
  • Certificate of Merit - San Francisco International Film Festival
  • Sydney Film Festival - screening
  • International Festival of Films on Art - screening
  • New York Festival - screening
  • Banff TV Festival nomination - Best Arts Documentary
  • Special Jury Award - WorldFest Houston
  • 1st Place Gold Camera Award - US International Film and Video Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • New Zealand Film Festival - screening
  • International Documentary Association nomination - Distinguished Documentary Award
  • Bronze plaque & Showcase screening - Columbus International Film Festival
  • Gold Award - Cindy Competition (Cinema in Industry)

  • PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND
  • 2000 International Documentary Association Award - Strand Category
  • Cine Golden Eagle 2000

  • THE LIVES OF LILLIAN HELLMAN
  • Cine Golden Eagle



    LOU REED: ROCK AND ROLL HEART
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening
  • Berlin Film Festival - screening
  • 1st Place Gold Camera Award - US International Film and Video Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Grammy Award - Best Long Form Video

    DON HEWITT: 90 MINUTES ON 60 MINUTES
  • Emmy Award nomination
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    ALEXANDER CALDER
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Peabody Award



    LENA HORNE: IN HER OWN VOICE
  • Golden Spire Winner - San Francisco International Film Festival
  • US International Film and Video Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    MAN RAY: PROPHET OF THE AVANT GARDE
  • Emmy Award nomination
  • Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award - International Documentary Association
  • Golden Hugo Award - Chicago International Film Festival



    RICHARD AVEDON: DARKNESS AND LIGHT
  • Audience Award - Hamptons International Film Festival
  • Aspen Film Festival - screening
  • Denver International Film Festival - screening
  • Chris Award - Columbus International Film and Video Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • 14th International Festival on Art nomination - Creative Crossroads (competition)
  • Amsterdam International Film Festival - screening
  • International Public TV Screening Conference
  • Certificate of Merit - San Francisco Film Festival
  • Certificate of Merit - Chicago International Film Festival
  • DGA nomination
  • Munich International Documentary Festival - International Programme Competition
  • Jerusalem International Film Festival - screening
  • Cologne Conference - screening
  • Melbourne International Film Festival - screening

    ROD SERLING: SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL
  • Denver International Film Festival
  • Bronze Plaque Award - Columbus International Film and Video Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • 14th International Festival on Art nomination - Artificial Paradise (Behind the Camera)
  • International Public TV Screening Conference
  • San Francisco Film Festival - screening
  • Cologne Conference - screening
  • Melbourne International Film Festival - screening
  • WGA nomination

    BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THINKING OUT LOUD
  • Dupont Award
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening



    PAUL SIMON: BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME
  • Peabody Award
  • DGA nomination
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening
  • Breckenridge Film Festival - screening
  • Hamptons International Film Festival - screening

    D.W. GRIFFITH: FATHER OF FILM
  • Emmy Award nomination - Outstanding Informational Special

    BENNY GOODMAN: ADVENTURES IN THE KINGDOM OF SWING
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    MARTHA GRAHAM: A DANCER REVEALED
  • IMZ - International Music Center
  • Intercom '94/ Chicago International Film Festival
  • Golden Prague Television Festival
  • 13th International Festival on Art

    TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: ORPHEUS OF THE AMERICAN STAGE
  • Silver Plaque Award - Intercom '95
  • 13th International Festival on Art



    MENUHIN: A FAMILY PORTRAIT
  • International Emmy Award nomination
  • Gold Award - International Film and TV Festival

    WALDO SALT: A SCREENWRITER'S JOURNEY
  • Academy Award nomination
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening



    PRESTON STURGES: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Writing
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Sundance Film Festival - screening

    MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTS
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    YOU'RE THE TOP: THE COLE PORTER STORY
  • International Film and TV Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    EDWARD R. MURROW: THIS REPORTER
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Informational Special
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • DGA nomination
  • Ace Editing Award - Best Documentary

    JOHN HAMMOND: FROM BESSIE SMITH TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Peabody Award
  • London Film Festival - screening
  • Florence Film Festival - screening



    BROADWAY'S DREAMERS: THE LEGACY OF THE GROUP THEATRE
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Informational Special
  • Special Award - New England Theater Conference
  • Film and TV Festival of New York
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    HAROLD CLURMAN: A LIFE OF THEATRE
  • Special Award - New England Theater Conference

    STELLA ADLER: AWAKE AND DREAM!
  • Special Award - New England Theater Conference

    SATCHMO: THE LIFE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG
  • Best Music Video - Vera Award
  • Best Music Video - Jazz Times Magazine

    JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET
  • London Film Festival - screening
  • Sundance Film Festival (not in competition)
  • Berlin Film Festival - screening

    SIMPLY SIMON: NOT JUST FOR LAUGHS
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    JASPER JOHNS: IDEAS IN PAINT
  • International Festival of Films on Art - screening

    W. EUGENE SMITH: PHOTOGRAPHY MADE DIFFICULT
  • Writers Guild of America nomination
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Directing

    HAROLD LLOYD: THE THIRD GENIUS
  • Bronze medal - International Film and TV Festival



    LILLIAN GISH: THE ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Informational Special

    A DUKE NAMED ELLINGTON
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    DIEGO RIVERA: RIVERA IN AMERICA
  • First Prize - National Latino Film and Video Festival



    ISAAC IN AMERICA: A JOURNEY WITH ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
  • Academy Award nomination
  • New York Film Festival - screening

    DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER
  • New York Film Festival - screening
  • Cine Golden Eagle

    THE TEN YEAR LUNCH: THE WIT AND LEGEND OF THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE
  • Academy Award - Best Feature Documentary
  • Lillian Gish Award - Los Angeles Women in Film Festival
  • Golden Hugo Award - Chicago International Film Festival
  • Cine Golden Eagle
  • Honorable Mention - Golden Gate competition
  • Montreal Festival of Films on Art - screening

    BUSTER KEATON: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Informational Special
  • Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Writing



    UNKNOWN CHAPLIN
  • Emmy award - Outstanding Informational Special
  • Peabody Award

    EUGENE O'NEILL: A GLORY OF GHOSTS
  • DGA Award

    BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE LONG NIGHT OF LADY DAY
  • Blues Foundation of America

    PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS: THE MAKING OF THE TELEVISION ADAPTATION OF "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" WITH DUSTIN HOFFMAN
  • US Film Festival


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