Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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- The long walk of Nelson Mandela, a co-production of Story Street Productions and Films2People for Unapix Entertainment, Inc. and WGBH/Frontline in association with PBS, ITEL, NHK and SABC ; producers David Fanning and Indra de Lanerolle ; director Clifford Bestall ; writer, John Carlin
- Thomas Jefferson, philosopher of freedom, a Perpetual Motion Films production ; a presentation of Non Fiction Films Inc. in association with A & E Network ; produced & directed by Monte Markham and Adam Friedman ; written and edited by Hugh Munro Neely
- Einstein's big idea, a NOVA production by Darlow Smithson Productions for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4, and Arte/France, Tetra Media and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; written, directed and produced by Gary Johnstone
- Ernest & Julio Gallo, an American vintage, produced by ABC News Productions
- John L. Lewis, King Coal
- Heinz, the ketchup kings, produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for Arts and Entertainment Network
- Profiles, John L. Lewis, produced by Alan Landsburg
- J. Willard Marriott, host to the world, written and produced by Shelley Ann Lawrence ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for A&E Network ; narrated by Peter Graves
- Earth days, American Experience presents ; a Robert Stone film ; written, produced and directed by Robert Stone ; a Robert Stone film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation and Robert Stone Productions, LLC ; WGBH Boston
- Dow and Jones, wizards of Wall Street, produced by Lou Reda Productions, Inc. for A&E Network ; produced by Sammy Jackson and Mort Zimmerman ; directed by Don Horan ; written by Paul Ellis
- Winston Churchill, [presented by] the History Channel ; with Martin Gilbert
- The famous Wally Amos, cookie king
- Craft in America, a production of Craft in America, Inc. ; executive producer & director, Carol Sauvion ; producers, Patricia Bischetti, Rosey Guthrie
- Ben Franklin, produced for the History Channel by Cosgrove/Meurer Productions in association with RBTV Productions ; written & produced by Joshua Alper & Raymond Bridgers
- Alexander Calder, director, Roger M. Sherman
- Great American authors since 1650, [produced by Centre Communications, Inc. for Ambrose Video Publishing ; producer, Ronald C. Meyer ; director, Scott Gordon ; written by Mark Reeder
- Willa Cather, the road is all, [a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and NET Television]
- Gloria Vanderbilt, an heir of style, produced by ABC News Productions in association with A&E Networks ; Narrated by Harry Smith
- Neiman Marcus, last of the merchant kings, by Bill Katz
- Newton's dark secrets, a Blakeway Production for the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced by Chris Oxley and Malcolm Neaum ; directed by Chris Oxley ; produced for NOVA by Joseph McMaster ; narration written by Joseph McMaster ; executive producer (BBC), Anne Tyerman ; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell
- R.H. Macy, merchant prince, video produced by Tod Mesirow ; narrated by Sanford Orkin
- Brigham Young, architect of faith, produced by Greystone Communications, Inc., for A&E Network
- Frank Lloyd Wright, a film, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Peter Miller
- Colonel Sanders, America's chicken king, produced by History Television Productions ; produced by Greg Weinstein ; written by Alison Guss, Greg Weinstein ; narrated by Jack Perkins
- Woody Allen, a documentary, Whyaduck Productions, Rat Entertainment, Mike's Movies, and Insurgent Media in association with THIRTEEN's American Masters present ; a film by Robert B. Weide ; written, directed & produced by Robert B. Weide
- The Vanderbilts, an American dynasty, a presentation of A&E ; produced by History Television Network Productions ; executive producers, Michael Cascio, Susan E. Leventhal ; produced & directed by Molly Thompson ; written by Alan Goldberg ; narrated by Jack Perkins
- Galileo's battle for the heavens, a Nova production by Green Umbrella for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4 ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones
- Underground railroad, the William Still story, a production of 90th Parallel Productions Ltd., in association with Rogers Broadcasting Limited and WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto ; director, producer, and writer, Laine Drewery
- The life and times of Frida Kahlo, a film by Amy Stechler ; a production of Daylight Films ; co-producer WETA, Washington D.C. in association with Latino Public Broadcasting
- Jonestown, the life and death of Peoples Temple, a Firelight Media film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; teleplay by Noland Walker & Marcia Smith ; story by Marcia Smith
- Benjamin Franklin, a production of Twin Cities Public Television St. Paul/Minneapolis in association with Middlemarch Films ; producers, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald Blumer ; directors, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
- Dave Thomas, made to order, produced by ABC News Productions ; produced by Arden Ostrander
- Not for ourselves alone, the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, a Florentine Films production ; producer, Ken Burns, Paul Barnes ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns
- Frontline, [a Frontline Production with Rain Media, Inc. ; producers, Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith ; writers, Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith]
- The journey of Sacagawea, a production of Idanha Films, Inc. and Idaho Public Television ; produced and written by Lori Joyce ; directed and edited by Alan Austin
- The Kellogg brothers, corn flake kings
- Milton Hershey, the chocolate king, A & E Television Networks ; produced by Sammy Jackson ; written by Norman Stahl ; directed by Don Horan ; edited by Will Kelly
- Calvin Klein, produced by ABC News Productions
- The Buddha, written and directed by David Grubin ; producer, David Grubin ; associate producer, Anna Bowers ; produced by David Grubin Productions
- Conrad Hilton, innkeeper to the world, produced by Jaffe Productions in association with Actuality Productions, Inc. for A&E Network ; producer, Jim Golway ; narrator Peter Graves
- Einstein revealed, producers, Peter Jones, Thomas Levenson ; written by Thomas Levenson ; directed by Peter Jones ; executive producer, Paula Apsell ; a NOVA production by Green Umbrella, Ltd. for WGBH/Boston in association with BBC-TV and Sveriges Television
- Serial killers, profiling the criminal mind, A & E Network ; writer/producer, Jeff Tarkington
- Citizen King, 1963-1968, a ROJA Productions film for American experience ; in association with BBC ; produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell & W. Noland Walker ; WGBH Boston
- Milton Hershey, the chocolate king, A&E Television Networks ; producer, Sammy Jackson ; writer, Norman Stahl ; director, Don Horan ; host, Jack Perkins ; narrator, Paul Sparer
- Steve Jobs, one last thing, Pioneer Productions for PBS ; in association with Channel 4 and Mentorn International ; senior producer/director, Susan Crook ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Ian Lynch
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