• 1986
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m
American Masters

Summary Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities. View more details

  • 1986
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m

American Masters

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Peter Bogdanovich Martin Scorsese Dick Cavett Tony Bennett

All cast & crew

8.2

Details

Genres : History Biography Music Documentary

Release date : Jun 21, 1986

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : American Masters PBS

Language : English

Production companies : Thirteen / WNET American Masters Pictures 1515 Productions Limited

Summary Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities. View more details

Details

Genres : History Biography Music Documentary

Release date : Jun 21, 1986

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : American Masters PBS

Language : English

Production companies : Thirteen / WNET American Masters Pictures 1515 Productions Limited

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 22, 1986
Arthur Miller: Private Conversations
Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).
Episode 2 • Jun 29, 1986
Philip Johnson, Self Portrait
One of the major American architectural minds of the twentieth century, Philip Johnson has played an enormous role in both understanding and creating the urban skylines of the country.
Episode 3 • Jul 06, 1986
Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory
When Katherine Anne Porter left her home state of Texas for New York, she brought with her the hard edge of a Western pioneer. Passionate and intelligent, it was this edge more than anything that made her name as a writer.
Episode 4 • Jul 13, 1986
Unknown Chaplin, Episode 1
Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From "Easy Street" (1917) to "Modern Times" (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time.
Episode 5 • Jul 20, 1986
Unknown Chaplin, Episode 2
Episode 6 • Jul 27, 1986
Unknown Chaplin, Episode 3
Episode 7 • Aug 03, 1986
Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day
Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph.
Episode 8 • Aug 10, 1986
James Levine: The Life in Music
The Metropolitan Opera has gone through a Renaissance under the direction of James Levine. Known internationally for his virtuoso piano playing, the breadth and depth of his conducting abilities, and his unceasing enthusiasm for opera.
Episode 9 • Aug 17, 1986
Aaron Copland ~ About the Composer
Aaron Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the 20th century. By incorporating popular forms of American music such as jazz and folk into his compositions, he created pieces both exceptional and innovative.
Episode 10 • Aug 24, 1986
Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait
Thomas Eakins died in 1916; he left behind a body of work unprecedented in American art. It was only after his death that a new generation of scholars and critics recognized Eakins was one of America's great painters.
Episode 11 • Aug 31, 1986
Georgia O'Keeffe: Georgia O'Keeffe
Among the great American artists of the 20th-century, Georgia O'Keeffe's representations of the beauty of the American landscape were a brave counterpoint to the chaotic images embraced by the art world.
Episode 12 • Sep 07, 1986
Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts
Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.

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