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Filmography

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Great Performances (TV series) (executive producer - 77 episodes, 1971-2005) (producer - 9 episodes, 1974-2003) (executive producer: Great Performances - 2 episodes, 1987-2005) (executive producer: Theater In America - 2 episodes, 1974-1975) (executive producer: Thirteen/WNET - 1 episode, 2004)
Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' (2005) (executive producer: Great Performances)
From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2005 (2005) (executive producer)
Bill Irwin: Clown Prince (2004) (executive producer)
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' (2004) (executive producer)
Hayley Westenra: Live from New Zealand (2004) (executive producer)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
Putting It Together: 1980-Present (2004) (executive producer)
Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) (executive producer)
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (2004) (executive producer)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) (executive producer)
Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) (executive producer)
 
2003 La danse et Degas (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2002 Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
2002 (2002) (executive producer)
 
2002 Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2001 Tantalus: Behind the Mask (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1987-2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
Holo Mai Pele (2001) (executive producer)
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990) (executive producer)
David Gordon's 'Made in U.S.A.' (1987) (executive producer)
 
2001 Far East (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 The Man Who Came to Dinner (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
The Long Goodbye (2000) (executive producer)
The Wave of the Future (2000) (executive producer)
After Trousers (2000) (executive producer)
Money, Class and Power (2000) (executive producer)
Body and Soul (2000) (executive producer)
 
2000 La traviata (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 Omnibus (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth (2000) (executive producer)
 
1999 The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (executive producer: PBS segment)
 
1999 Jackie: Behind the Myth (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998 Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now (TV special) (executive producer)
 
1998 Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998 Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future (TV special) (executive producer)
 
1998 Hymn: Remembering Alvin Ailey (executive producer)
 
1997 American Visions (TV mini-series documentary) (executive producer)
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary) (executive producer: Thirteen/WNET - 2 episodes)
Mahler (1997) (executive producer: Thirteen/WNET)
Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 (1997) (executive producer: Thirteen/WNET)
 
1994 Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (TV special) (executive producer)
 
1982-1993 American Playhouse (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
Porgy and Bess (1993) (executive producer)
The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) (executive producer)
Weekend (1982) (executive producer)
Working (1982) (executive producer)
The Fifth of July (1982) (executive producer)
 
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (co-producer)
 
1991 Uncle Vanya (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1986-1989 American Masters (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts (1986) (executive producer)
 
1988 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (TV movie) (executive producer: Great Performances)
 
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (TV movie) (executive producer: Great Performances)
 
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1985 Musical Comedy III (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 Guests of the Nation (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1980 Big Blonde (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1980 Happy Days (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1980 Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1980 Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1979 3 by Cheever: The 5:48 (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1979 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1978 Mourning Becomes Electra (TV mini-series) (producer)
 
1978 Tartuffe (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1977 Hard Times (TV series) (producer: Great Performances)
 
1976 The Time of Your Life (TV movie) (executive producer: Theater In America)
 
1976 The Mound Builders (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1976 The Adams Chronicles (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
 
1975 Year of the Dragon (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974 A Touch of the Poet (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1973 American Ballet Theatre: A Close-Up in Time (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1972 Particular Men (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1972 Play for Today (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
Home (1972) (producer)
 
1972 Between Time and Timbuktu (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1971 The Movie Crazy Years (TV documentary) (producer)
 
NET Playhouse (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes, 1966-1971) (producer - 2 episodes, 1968-1969)
They (1971) (executive producer)
Story Theatre (1969) (executive producer, producer)
Home (1968) (executive producer, producer)
An Enemy of the People (1966) (executive producer)
 
1969 Let Me Hear You Whisper (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1966 An Enemy of the People (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1966 The Star Wagon (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1966 The Journey of the Fifth Horse (TV movie) (producer)
 
1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (TV movie) (producer)
 
1966 New York Television Theatre (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
American Masters (TV series documentary) (director of cultural and arts programs - 3 episodes, 2000-2004) (director of cultural and arts programs: American Masters - 2 episodes, 1996-1997) (executive - 2 episodes, 1999-2000) (director of cultural and arts program - 1 episode, 2002) (director of cultural and arts programming: American Masters - 1 episode, 1996) (director of cultural and arts programs: WNET - 1 episode, 2000) (director: Cultural and Arts Program - 1 episode, 1994)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) (director of cultural and arts programs)
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving (2002) (director of cultural and arts program)
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (director of cultural and arts programs)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) (director of cultural and arts programs)
Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso (2000) (executive)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (3 titles)
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Waiting for Godot (1961)
 
1958 Wonderful Town (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSet Decorator (2 titles)
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
The Dybbuk (1960)
 
1952 Mr. I. Magination (TV series)
Annie Oakley (1952) (settings)
 
Show ShowArt Director (2 titles)
1958 Rendezvous (TV series)
In an Early Winter (1958)
 
1955 Mama (TV series)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
2007 Great Performances (TV series) (assistant editor - 1 episode)
Barenboim on Beethoven (2007) (assistant editor)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2005 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
'Swan Lake' with American Ballet Theatre (2005) (special thanks)
 
2000 The Turandot Project (documentary) (special thanks)