American Masters (1986)
American Masters (1986)
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Plot.
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Where to Watch.

Currently American Masters is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: PBS
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Susan Lacy
Creator / Executive Producer

Michael Kantor
Executive Producer

Peter Bogdanovich
Self

Tony Bennett
Self

Dick Cavett
Self

Lee Grant
Self

Eli Wallach
Self

Steven Spielberg
Self

Carl Reiner
Self

Gregory Peck
Self

Barbara Leibovitz
Director of Photography / Director

Paul Mojonnier
Director of Photography

Michaela von Schweinitz
First Assistant Camera

Graham Nash
Camera Operator

Ian Vollmer
Cinematography

Phil Grabsky
Cinematography / Director / Writer

Nicholas Blair
Cinematography

Jaime Hellman
Cinematography

Bob Burnett
Cinematography

Ed Marritz
Cinematography

Terry Hopkins
Cinematography

Joshua Csehak
Cinematography

Sam Pollard
Director

Martin Scorsese
Director

Jamila Wignot
Director

James Erskine
Director

Sally Rosenthal
Director / Producer

Helen Whitney
Director / Writer

Barak Goodman
Director / Writer

Mick Csáky
Director

Eric Stange
Director / Writer

Bruce Ricker
Director

Isaac Halasima
Director

Paul Bonesteel
Director / Writer

Michael Cascio
Director / Writer

Kenneth Bowser
Director

Catherine Tatge
Director

Danny Gold
Director / Writer

TS Botkin
Director / Writer

Julia Marchesi
Director / Producer

Rita Coburn Whack
Director / Writer

Joe Lauro
Director / Writer

Peter Frumkin
Director / Writer

Phillip Schopper
Director

Barbara Hall
Director / Producer

Clive Mattock
Editor

Andrew Francis
Digital Intermediate Colorist

Ted Winterburn
Editor

Thomas Haneke
Editor

Caleb Jarmon
Editor

Paul Hardart
Executive Producer

Erik Sharkey
Production Assistant

Katia Maguire
Associate Producer

Jessica Levin
Co-Producer

Tom Hardart
Executive Producer

Pauline Piechota
Associate Producer

Ronald Guttman
Co-Executive Producer

Garth Neustadter
Music

John Zecca
Sound

Simon Farmer
Original Music Composer

Roger Phenix
Sound

Gaili Schoen
Music

Mark Mandler
Sound Recordist

Michael Mayhew
Writer

Philip Gittelman
Writer

Barbara Leibovitz
Writer

Dave Kehr
Writer

Rick Coleman
Writer

Scarlett Johansson
Self

Goran Višnjić
Robert Capa (voice)

Patsy Cline
Self (archive footage)

Maya Angelou
Self

Sidney Lumet
Self

Oprah Winfrey
Self

Common
Self

Bill Clinton
Self

Jane Alexander
Narrator

Graeme Malcom
John Muir (voice)

Denis O'Hare
Edgar Allan Poe

Kathleen Turner
Narrator (voice)

Peter Falk
Self

Billie Jean King
Self

Peaches Bartkowicz
Self

Rosie Casals
Self

Margaret Court
Self

Chris Evert
Self

Julie Heldman
Self

Valerie Jarrett
Self

Elton John
Self

Maria Sharapova
Self

Serena Williams
Self

Venus Williams
Self

Caroline Wozniacki
Self

Lena Horne
Self

Gail Lumet Buckley
Self

Ossie Davis
Self

Alan King
Self

Ricardo Montalban
Self

Bobby Short
Self

Liz Smith
Self

Dionne Warwick
Self

Joe Williams
Self

Luther Henderson
Self

Josephine Premice
Self

Jonathan Schwartz
Self

Michael Wright
Self

Richard Avedon
Self / Art Designer

John Lahr
Self

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self

Graydon Carter
Self

Annie Leibovitz
Self

Hillary Clinton
Self

George Clooney
Self

Robert Downey Jr.
Self

Kirsten Dunst
Self

Whoopi Goldberg
Self

Mick Jagger
Self

Bette Midler
Self / Executive Producer

Yoko Ono
Self

Richard Nixon
Self

Hunter S. Thompson
Self

Gloria Steinem
Self

Susan Sontag
Self

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self

Jason Schwartzman
Self

Chris Rock
Self

Julia Roberts
Self

Mae West
Self (archive footage)

Keith Richards
Self

Candice Bergen
Self

Anna Wintour
Self

Margaret Cho
Self

Demi Moore
Self

Ringo Starr
Self

Jeanine Basinger
Self

Rona Barrett
Self

Molly Haskell
Self

Kathy Najimy
Self

Elaine May
Self / Director

Steve Allen
Self

Tom Brokaw
Self

Jules Feiffer
Self

Richard Lewis
Self

Steve Martin
Self

Arthur Penn
Self

Jack Rollins
Self

Robin Williams
Self

Mike Nichols
Self

Robin Williams
Self

Linda Williams
Self

Arthur Miller
Self

Dustin Hoffman
Self

John Malkovich
Self

Volker Schlöndorff
Self

Kate Reid
Self

Stephen Lang
Self

Michael Ballhaus
Self

Rosamond Bernier
Self

Paul Portelli
Self

Robert Penn Warren
Self

Eudora Welty
Self

Fats Domino
Self

Clarke Peters
Self - Narrator

Dave Bartholomew
Self

Alvin Ailey
Self (archive footage)

Carmen De Lavallade
Self

Rennie Harris
Self

Masazumi Chaya
Self

George Faison
Self

Judith Jamison
Self

Bill T. Jones
Self

Jason Momoa
Narrator (voice)

Morgan Freeman
Narrator (voice)

Clint Eastwood
Self

Dina Eastwood
Self

James Garner
Self

William Goldman
Self

Jack N. Green
Self

Gene Hackman
Self

Curtis Hanson
Self

Matthew Allis
Carl Sandberg (College)

Itzhak Perlman
Self

J.K. Simmons
Edward Hopper

Christine Baranski
Josephine Nivison Hopper
Media.
















Details.
Release DateJune 23, 1986
StatusReturning Series
Seasons39
Episodes301
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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biography
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Wiki.
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States. It is produced by WNET in New York City. The show debuted on PBS in 1986.
Groups or organizations featured include: Actors Studio, Algonquin Round Table, Group Theatre, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Women of Tin Pan Alley, Negro Ensemble Company, Juilliard School, the Beat Generation, the singer-songwriters of the 1970s, Sun Records, vaudeville, and Warner Bros.
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