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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On |
May 7, 2008 at 9 pm
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Enormously talented and equally complicated, Gaye created an intimate style -- full of honesty, integrity, vulnerability -- and, essentially, gave the world his autobiography in lyrics and melody. |
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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun |
April 9, 2008 at 9 pm
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Writer, cultural anthropologist, chronicler of folk roots and ethnic traditions, daughter of former slaves, Hurston was one of the most celebrated - and most controversial - figures of the Harlem Renaissance. |
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Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song |
February 27, 2008 at 9 pm
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Throughout his life, Pete Seeger never stopped singing out - and speaking up. "I look upon myself as a planter of seeds," the legendary artist and political activist says in AMERICAN MASTERS Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. |
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Carol Burnett |
November 5th, 2007 at 9 pm
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This fall, AMERICAN MASTERS pays tribute to the entertainer who transformed herself into a one-woman army of comedic characters. |
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Charles Schulz |
October 29th, 2007 at 9 pm
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In Good Ol' Charles Schulz, AMERICAN MASTERS presents an unexpected portrait of the man behind the most popular comic strip in history. |
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Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends |
September 12, 2007 at 9 pm
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Tony Bennett is the singer's singer and has received high praise from his colleagues through the years, including Frank Sinatra, who stated unequivocally, "Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business." |
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David Hockney: The Colors of Music |
July 18th, 2007 at 9 pm
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American Masters presents the world-class opera sets that artist David Hockney designed over the past three decades for opera houses from Paris, London and Glyndbourne, to New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
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Les Paul: Chasing Sound |
July 11, 2007 at 9 pm
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Les Paul's insatiable curiosity and experiments gave us the musical instrument of the modern era - the solid-body electric guitar - and the predominant studio recording technique - multi-tracking. |
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Annie Leibovitz |
January 3, 2007 at 9 pm
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Annie Leibovitz's photographs of the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious are some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years. |
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Aretha Franklin |
May 24, 2006 at 9 pm
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From her teenage days singing gospel in her father's church to her ascendancy to rock and roll royalty, "The Queen of Soul" has never failed to move her listeners. |
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Muddy Waters |
May 24, 2006 at 10 pm
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A rural Mississippi fieldhand and bootlegger, he literally electrified the blues sound, took it to Chicago and paved the path for rock and roll. |
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George Gershwin |
June 7, 2006 at 9 pm
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An exploration of Gershwin's eclectic musical career featuring family photo albums, home movies, and rehearsal and performance footage. |
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Cole Porter |
June 14, 2006 at 9 pm
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Though many thought of Cole Porter as an international bon-vivant, he was also a dedicated musical professional. |
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Woody Guthrie |
July 12, 2006 at 9 pm
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Guthrie's complex story contains frenetic creative energy, a treasure trove of cultural history, personal imperfections, and a profound family tragedy. |
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Marilyn Monroe |
July 19, 2006 at 9 pm
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There are the movie roles, but it is the still images -- the iconic face, the expressions and poses -- that make up our collective memory of Marilyn. |
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James Dean |
July 19, 2006 at 10 pm
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James Dean's meteoric rise to stardom came at a unique and critical time in America's cultural history. |
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Walter Cronkite |
July 26, 2006 at 9 pm
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Journalist, author, producer and patron, Walter Cronkite's public concern for, and commitment to, our world has never faltered. |
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Willie Nelson |
Aug. 9, 2006 at 9 pm
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Willie Nelson's reputation is that of the quintessential American folk hero -- part cowboy, part renegade, and part outlaw. |
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Albert Einstein |
Aug. 16, 2006 at 9 pm
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Unable to find a teaching job and stuck working at a government patent office, Albert Einstein nonetheless went on to become one of the greatest scientists of all time. |
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Judy Garland |
Aug. 30, 2006 at 9 pm
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Many outsiders have told their version of the Judy Garland story, but in this telling the singular icon herself takes center stage. |
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Preston Sturges |
Sept. 13, 2006 at 10 pm
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The creator of eight dazzling comedies during a four-year period, Preston Sturges was, along with Orson Welles, the reigning Hollywood genius of the 1940s. |
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Andy Warhol |
Sept. 20 & 21, 2006 at 9 pm
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Obsessed with fame and a desire to transcend his origins, Andy Warhol became the high priest of one of the most radical experiments in American culture. |
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Frank Gehry |
Sept. 27, 2006 at 9 pm
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Frank Gehry's designs dramatically blur the line between art and architecture, creating dynamic structures and unpredictable interiors. |
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