Jac Venza

Jac Venza

Known for: Production
Biography: 1926-12-23
Deathday: 2024-05-28 (97 years old)

Biography

Jac Venza was a public television producer who was directly responsible for most of the theatre and music programs that have been seen on PBS since its creation in 1970. From the early 1960s until his retirement in 2005, Venza brought such programs as NET Playhouse, Live from Lincoln Center, American Playhouse, American Masters, and Great Performances to millions of viewers. He won a Personal Peabody Award in 1998.


He began his career on CBS in the 1950s, where he began to notice the scarcity of programming devoted to the fine arts on television. It was his dream to bring more of it to the home screen on a regular basis, but he did not receive a full opportunity to do so until the creation of National Educational Television, where it soon became possible, thanks largely to Venza, to see great dramatic literature regularly performed by some of the world's most renowned actors. A then-unknown Dustin Hoffman made his first major television appearance in a play - Ronald Ribman's The Journey of the Fifth Horse - on NET in 1966. NET Playhouse was perhaps the first television anthology to present commercial-free, full-length productions (rather than one-hour or ninety-minute adaptations) of theatrical classics such as Arthur Miller's adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. When NET became PBS, Venza quickly launched Great Performances, which is still running today.


Upon his retirement from PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded Venza the Ralph Lowell medal. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations for an individual - 57 - until 2010.


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Filmography

all 59

Producer 56

Movies 54

TV Shows 5

Executive Producer
The Women

The Women (2002)

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Executive Producer
Fosse

Fosse (2002)

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Executive Producer
Crazy For You

Crazy For You (1999)

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Executive Producer
Two by Dove

Two by Dove (1995)

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Executive Producer
Fifth of July

Fifth of July (1982)

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Executive Producer
Working

Working (1982)

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Executive Producer
Tartuffe

Tartuffe (1978)

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Executive Producer
The Patriots

The Patriots (1976)

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Executive Producer
In Fashion

In Fashion (1974)

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Executive Producer
June Moon

June Moon (1974)

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Executive Producer
Enemies

Enemies (1974)

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Executive Producer
Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat (1971)

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Executive Producer
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost (1971)

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Executive Producer
Dragon Country

Dragon Country (1970)

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ProductionDesigner
Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town (1958)

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Jac VenzaJac Venza

Information

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1926-12-23

Deathday
2024-05-28 (97 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States

Awards
Capezio Dance Award, International Emmy Founders Award, Peabody Awards

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