American Masters (2001 - )

American Masters

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Release Date: 2001

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An acclaimed series of biographies of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and Hollywood stars. Profiles of Alexander Calder, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin and music producer John Hammond won Peabody Awards, while films about Edward R. Murrow, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish and Leonard Bernstein (among others) won Emmys, and a study of the Algonquin Round Table won a 1987 Academy Award.

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2020, PBS, 1 episodes

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2018, PBS, 13 episodes

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2017, PBS, 13 episodes

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2017, PBS, 5 episodes

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2016, PBS, 9 episodes

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2015, PBS, 7 episodes

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2014, PBS, 9 episodes

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2013, PBS, 5 episodes

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2012, PBS, 8 episodes

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2011, PBS, 6 episodes

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2010, PBS, 8 episodes

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2009, PBS, 9 episodes

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2008, PBS, 9 episodes

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2007, PBS, 8 episodes

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2006, PBS, 9 episodes

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2004, PBS, 10 episodes

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2003, PBS, 6 episodes

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2002, PBS, 8 episodes

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2001, PBS, 8 episodes

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Cast

Neil Young
Gore Vidal
as Himself
Mel Brooks
Turhan Bey
I.M. Pei
Robert Redford
Madeleine Albright
Alec Baldwin
Dustin Hoffman
Harry Belafonte
as Narrator
Andre Braugher
as Narrator
Willie Nelson
Itzhak Perlman
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Sydney Pollack
as Narrator
Marilyn Monroe
Frank O. Gehry
David Hockney
Charles M. Schulz
Jeff Bridges
Bill T. Jones
Johnny Carson
Alicia Alonso
Stanley Tucci
as Narrator
Goran Visnjic
as Narrator
Anne Jackson
as Reader
Frank Gehry
Meryl Streep
Bono
Elvis Presley
Kenneth Branagh
as Narrator
Muddy Waters
Simon Scott
as Narrator
Bob Dylan
Ron Rifkin
as Narrator
David Geffen
Billie Jean King
Alicia Alonso
Tony Roberts
as Narrator
Joanne Woodward
Alice Waters
Joni Mitchell
Oliver Platt
as Narrator
Katie Couric
Clint Eastwood
Calvin Trillin
Stanley Tucci
Meryl Streep
Danny Glover
Paul Matteson
Kathy Griffin
Steven Spielberg
Billy Crystal
as Bob Hope
Alfred Molina
as Rothko
Julie Andrews
R.W. Apple
Sydney Pollack
Jerome Robbins
Israel Lopez
Jane Alexander
James Levine
Chris Cornell
Meryl Streep
Donald Saddler
Gene Kelly
Isabel Keating
as Judy Garland
Max Charruyer
David Michaelis
Jim Morrison
George Plimpton
Dyanna Taylor
Gloria Allred
Matthew Broderick
Ray Bradbury
Elliot Roberts
Paul Newman
as Reader
Oliver Platt
Joan Chen
Elizabeth Marvel
as Louisa May Alcott
Kevin Spacey
as Narrator
Eric Clapton
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Isabella Rossellini
as Herself
Harris Yulin
as Voice of Henry Luce
Joe DiMaggio
Frederic Franklin
Laurie Anderson
Tom Hanks
Carlos Santana
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cyd Charisse
Robert John Burke
Tim Robbins
as Reader
Harris Yulin
Tsai Chin
Daniel Gerroll
as Bronson Alcott
John Densmore
Bob Bursey
Tom Hanks
Kenneth Branagh
Audra McDonald
Crosby
Simon Scott
Helen Mirren
John Cox
Plácido Domingo
Layne Staley
Ashley Judd
Tony Roberts
David Crosby
Clarke Peters
as James Brown
Arthur Miller
Michael Eisner
Andy Garcia
Joy Browne
Campbell Scott
as F.Scott Fitzgerald
Andre Braugher
Waylon Jennings
Forrest J Ackerman
Sydney Pollack
Jules Feiffer
Melissa Rivers
Morgan Freeman
Laura Linney
as Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Harris Yulin
as Henry Luce
Jeremy Northam
as Cary Grant
Martin Scorsese
Bette Midler
Ken Silvers
Stephen Gong
Tim Russell
Dossy Peabody
as Abigail Alcott
Martin Scorsese
Bruce Crawford
Susan Jaffe
Dustin Hoffman
Trevor Nunn
Paul McCartney
Patsy Ruth Miller
Leontyne Price
Sarah Sarandon
as Reader
David Strathairn
Gloria Steinem
Bob Geldof
Ray Santos
Leah Cox
Debbie Reynolds
Ray Charles
Michael Pollan
Goran Visnjic
as Robert Capa
Charles Durning
Robby Krieger
Jack Irons
Van Jones
Cardini
Sara Blakely
Robin Williams
Jane Alexander
as Ednah Cheney
Ray Manzarek
Dave Abbruzzese
Peter Franzén
as Eero Saarinen
Frank Langella
Marcia Gay Harden
as Willa Cather
Hugh Hefner
Kate Forrester
Margaret Cho
Tony Kushner
Celeste Holmes
Eric Schlosser
Chris Noth
Peter Bogdanovich
Sue Scott
Jonathan Friend
Isabel Allende
William Sadler
as Ernest Hemingway
Lyle Lovett
Wynton Marsalis
Eli Wallach
as Reader
James Hong
Elena Lopez
Robert Wierzel
Slydini
Julie Kent
Ben Folds
Toni Morrison
Leslie Caron
Jackie Coogan
David Halberstam
James Naughton
as Ernest Hemingway
Dennis Hopper
Gwyneth Jones
Jon Stewart
Fred Newman
Marianna Bassham
as May Alcott
John Santos
Welz Kauffman
Al Flosso
Clarke Peters
Joanne Woodward
as Reader
Dan Ford
Philip Johnson
Johnny Depp
Amy Irving
as Fitzgerald's works
Dave Matthews
Marian Cunningham
Eve Arnold
David Henry Hwang
John de los Santos
Luciano Pavarotti
Joe Castagna
Alexei Ratmansky
Mark Knopfler
Andre Previn
Kevin Spacey
Anne Jackson
Kate Burton
as Hemingway Fiction
Ronald Freeman
Edie Falco
Nathan Lane
Blythe Danner
as Aline Saarinen
Anika Noni Rose
as Lorraine Hansberry
Letitia Baldrige
Linda Amendola
as Anna Alcott
Gloria Estefan
Dai Vernon
Kevin McKenzie
Elizabeth Holmes
Adolph Green
Kinky Friedman
Kevin Kline
Jeff Koons
as Andy Warhol
Julian Schnabel
LaTanya Richardson
Mark Blum
Ron Rifkin
Tom Keith
Frank Langella
Alan Brinkley
Leif-Erik Nygårds
Franz Grundheber
Nancy Kwan
Kurt Cobain
Janet Wong
Kathleen Turner
Ruth Reichl
Paul Newman
Patrick Wayne
Jerry Douglas
Emilio Estefan
Paul Simon
Chris Sarandon
Robert Plant
Asli Bulbul
Misty Copeland
Betsey Johnson
Betty Comden
Tim Robbins
Maggie Bofill
Ken Cheeseman
as Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taylor Hackford
James Franco
Andrew V. McLaglen
Craig Webb
Richard Belzer
Charles Miller
Jesse L. Martin
Christopher Lee
Dan Bucatinsky
Prudence Johnson
Andy Garcia
Steve Martin
Blair Brown
Ed Ruscha
Beno Chapman
as Henry David Thoreau
Denis Leary
Gillian Anderson
Steven Spielberg
Jimmy Page
Mark Rydell
Ang Lee
Shayla-Vie Jenkins
Alicia Keys
Ben Schnetzer
Kelsey Grammer
Susan Sarandon
Leslie Anderson
Anjelica Huston
Bryan Cranston
Garry Shandling
Damián Alcázar
as Jose Clemente Orozco
Jearlyn Steele
Peter Haydu
as Charles Lane
Pauline Black
Dick Cavett
Aimee Mullins
Denis O'Hare
as Edgar Allan Poe
Johnny Hallyday
Mildred Friedman
Cass Warner Sperling
James Leong Jr.
Marcelo Gomes
Michael Crumpsty
Christopher Antonio William Lancaster
Meryl Streep
Eli Wallach
Jean Davidson
Linda Emond
Michael Ortiz
Justin Lin
Joanne Woodward
Lewis Wheeler
as Laddie
Lily Tomlin
Hee Seo
Nancy Pelosi
Rosanne Cash
Joe Ely Band
Jon Hamm
Jennifer Homans
Bjorn G. Amelan
Morgan Freeman
Peter Friedman
Barry Diller
Lisa Lu
Brad Garrett
Rosie Perez
Kid Rock
Robin Williams
Molly Schreider
as Teen Louisa
Linda Williams
Emily Strikeman
as Child Louisa
Anna Kisselgoff
Greg Giraldo
Charles Jenks
Kyle Maude
Kathleen McNenny
Shonda Rhimes
Luise Rainer
James Shigeta
Haley Garvin
as Toddler Louisa
Muhammad Ali
Herbert Muschamp
Jeffrey Ross
Jerome Begin
Clive Barnes
Wendy Williams
Clive Hirschhorn
Martin Moran
Clarissa Sinceno
Nia Wordlaw
Maggie Quigley
as Child May Alcott
Dick Clark
Norman Glymph
Amy Tan
Don Rickles
Jerry Lee Lewis
George Mertogen
George Rios
Edwin Chan
Wayne Wang
Lindsay Jones
Ellen Adair
as Teen Anna Alcott
David Muir
Laurie Anderson
Sherry Goffin Kondor
Jocelyn Pickett
Sandra Guzmán
Anna Finklestein
as Teen Beth Alcott
Sven Neumann
B.D. Wong
Eleanor Farris
as 'Lulu' May Alcott Nieriker
Tim Paulson
Billy Sammeth
Michael Phillip Simpson
as John Suhre
Joe Butler
as Young John Muir
Rolf Fehlbaum
Bob Jolly
as Civil War Doctor
Howard Weamer
as Old John Muir
Thomas Krens
Matt Perusse
as 'Swearing' Fruitlander
Patsy Fulhorst
as Jeanne Carr
Milton Wexler
Lena Dunham
Chuck Arnoldi
Mike DeLacy
as 'Naked' Fruitlander
Amy Poehler
John Amos
as Dr. Bledsoe
Peter Barent Lewis
Crystal Lisbon
as Anna Weld
Carl Reiner
Hal Foster
Paul Benjamin
as Grandfather
Jacques C. Smith
as Invisible Man
Norman Rosenthal
Juan Ignacio Vidante
Chan Marshall
Nerea Abasolo
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mandy Patinkin
Kevin Spacey
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
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Series Details

TV Network: PBS
Premiere Date:
Genre: Documentary
Executive Producers: Michael Kantor, Susan Lacy, Brett Ratner, Roger Michael Mayer, Michael Peyser, Andrew Karsch, Peter Brant, Michael Cohl, Stanley Buchthal, Fisher Stevens, Larry Gagosian, Diane von Furstenberg, George Feltenstein, Erik Gordon, Clint Eastwood, Glenn Aveni, Calvin Skaggs, Norman Lear, Roy Furman, Billie Jean King, Toshi Seeger, Jon Brewer, Gerry Richman, William Ackman, Sandie Viquez Pedlow, Tina France, John Amos, Sally Jo Fifer, Richard Browner, Tory Kiam, Debbie Linett, Larry Linett, Susan Sarandon, Stone Douglass, Penny Lieberman, Jay Alix, Betsy Berg, Taylor Materne, Dick Connette, Ingrid Duran, Krysanne Katsoolis, Regina Sculley, Peter Gelb, Celia Zantz, Catherine Pino, Daniel Wheeler, Michael Slap Sloane, Una Jackman, Derek Britt, Shirley K. Sneve, Suzi Dietz, Tom Kirdahy, Albert M. Tapper, Mark Lee, Gregory Hall, Susan Jaffe Tane, Duffy Violante, Buddy Steves, David Ortiz, Nick De Grunwald, Suzanne Kessler, Rowena Young, Marion Swaybill, Michele Anthony, Cathy Greenwold, Shirley Kessler, Pamela Roberts, Terry Gross, Avon Kirkland, Kamilah Forbes, Gordon Quinn, Gail Levin, Karin Greenfield-Sanders, Reuben Cannon, Richard Alcock, Marquetta Glass, Elliott Halpern, Elizabeth Trojian, Steve Sarowitz, Don Hahn, Lylette Pizarro, Michael Isip, Regina Scully, Robert Louie, Alan Berg, Caroline Stevens, Abe Zimmerman, David W. Louie, Chris Gardner, Raymond C. Lambert, John McCall, Marc N. Weiss, Amy McCall, Anne Akiko Meyers, Peter Evans, Hiro Yamagata, Steve Boyd, Dominique Lasseur, Maja Horffmann, Noah C. Haeussner, Lisa Thomas, Dennis Joyce, Suzanne Weil, Phyllis Alexander, Julie Goldman, Kris Meyer, Stacey Offman, Antonio Weiss, Susannah Weiss, Michael Raimondi, William R. Hearst III, Darryl Ford Williams, Toby Barlow, Harold Ramis, Bill Deacon, Geoff Kempin, Verna Harrah, Robert Gordon, Terry Shand, Robert Gordon, Chantal Bernheim, Morgan Neville
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