American Masters
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.[1]
American Masters | |
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Created by | Susan Lacy |
Theme music composer | Jonathan Tunick (1986–1995) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 32[1][2] |
No. of episodes | 236 (as of June 14, 2018)[3] |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Susan Lacy (1986–2013), Michael Kantor (2014–present) |
Producer(s) | WNET[1] |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | June 22, 1986 – present |
External links | |
Website |
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.
History
American Masters, a series "devoted to America's 'greatest native-born and adopted' artists", was originally scheduled to premiere in September 1985; for "logistical scheduling reasons" the premiere was delayed until summer 1986, though on October 16, 1985, an American Masters "special" called Aaron Copland: A Self-Portrait was aired.[4]
The first of the 15 first-season episodes was Private Conversations,[5] a "cinema-verite documentary by Christian Blackwood done in that trickiest of cinematic forms: a film about a film, in this instance the television version of Death of a Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff".[6] It aired on June 23, 1986, as one of two episodes not specifically commissioned for the show's first season.[6]
Susan Lacy, American Masters creator and executive producer, selected each subject, matched them to the specific filmmakers, and oversaw a first-season budget of $8 million.[6] Before creating the series Lacy had been the senior programmer for Great Performances and one of the "architects" of American Playhouse, having written the original proposal for the latter. At the time of the show's premiere, she was also the East Coast head of the Sundance Institute.[6]
After the show's first two seasons, American Masters began producing most of its episodes; in those cases, it hires directors, arranges for funding, manages the budget, and supervises the editing; the show reserves the right to make the final cut on every film it produces.[7] The American Masters production company occasionally plays a more limited role and co-produces some of its episodes, such as the 2005 documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home, and then in 2010 The Doors, When You're Strange.
Subjects
A
- "Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio"[8]
- Stella Adler
- "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women"[9]
- "The Algonquin Round Table: About the Algonquin"[10]
- "Woody Allen: A Documentary" (November 20 & 21, 2011)[11]
- "American Ballet Theatre: A History" [12]
- "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise" [13]
- "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built"[14]
- "Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong"[15]
- "John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature"[16]
- "Richard Avedon: Light and Dark"[17] (January 24, 1996)
B
- "Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound"[18]
- "Balanchine"[19]
- "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"[20]
- "Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy"[21]
- "Basquiat: Rage to Riches"[22]
- "James Beard: America's First Foodie"[23]
- "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends"[24]
- "Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note"[25]
- Bluesland: A Portrait of American Music [26]
- The Boomer List [27]
- "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides"[28]
- "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise"[29]
- "James Brown: Soul Survivor"[30]
- "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character"[31]
C
- "John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I'm Saying It"[32]
- "Alexander Calder"[33]
- "Cab Calloway: Sketches"[34]
- Robert Capa: In Love and War"[35]
- "Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote"[36]
- "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night"[37]
- "John Cassavetes"[38]
- "Willa Cather: The Road is All"[39]
- "Lon Chaney: Man of a Thousand Faces"[40]
- "Unknown Chaplin"[41]
- "Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul"[42]
- "Julia! America's Favorite Chef"[43]
- "Patsy Cline"[44]
- "Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre"[45]
- "The World of Nat King Cole"[46]
- "Sam Cooke: Crossing Over"[47]
- "Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait"[48]
- "Walter Cronkite: Witness to History"[49]
- "Bing Crosby Rediscovered"[50]
- "On Cukor"[51]
- "Merce Cunningham: A Life of Dance"[52]
- "Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians"[53]
D
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool[54]
- "Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me[55]
- "James Dean: Sense Memories"[56]
- "Plácido Domingo: A Musical Life"[57]
- The Doors: When You're Strange[58]
- "Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll[59]
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan[60]
E
- "Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait"[61]
- "Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter"[62]
- "Clint Eastwood – Out of the Shadows"[63]
- "Albert Einstein: How I See The World"[64]
- "A Duke Named Ellington"[65]
- "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey"[66]
F
- "A Fierce Green Fire"[67]
- "Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live for"[68]
- "F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams"[69]
- "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend"[70]
- "Miloš Forman:Portrait"[71]
- Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul"[72]
- "Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud"[73] (April 10, 1996)
G
- "Judy Garland: By Myself"[74]
- "Marvin Gaye: What's Going On"[75]
- "Inventing David Geffen"[76]
- "Sketches of Frank Gehry"[77]
- "George Gershwin Remembered"[78]
- "Althea Gibson"[79]
- "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg"[80]
- "Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me"[81]
- "Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts"[82]
- "Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies"[83]
- "Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing"[84]
- "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould"[85]
- "Martha Graham: A Dancer Revealed"[86]
- "Cary Grant: A Class Apart"[87]
- "D. W. Griffith: Father of Film"[88]
- "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home"[89]
- "Pedro E. Guerrero:A Photographer's Journey "[90]
- "Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre"[91]
H
- "Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself"[92]
- "Dashiell Hammett: Detective. Writer"[93]
- "John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen"[94]
- "Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love"[95]
- "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart"[96]
- "Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre"[97]
- "The Lives of Lillian Hellman"[98]
- "Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler"[99]
- "Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea"[100]
- "Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'"[101]
- "Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes"[102] (May 1, 1998)
- "The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End"[103]
- "Al Hirschfeld: The Line King"[104]
- "Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood"[105]
- Hollywood Chinese[106]
- "David Hockney: The Colors of Music"[107]
- "Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day"[108]
- "This Is Bob Hope…"[109]
- "Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice"[110]
- "Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun"[111]
J
- "Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice"[112]
- "Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint"[113]
- "Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance"[114]
- "John Fogerty:
- "Philip Johnson: A Self Portrait"[115] (June 30, 1986)
- "Bill T. Jones: A Good Man"[116]
- "Quincy Jones: In the Pocket"[117]
- "Janis: Little Girl Blue"[118]
- "Juilliard"[119]
K
- "Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter"[120]
- "A Letter to Elia / Reflecting on Kazan"[121]
- "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow"[122]
- "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio with the Red Shoes"[123]
- "Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer"[124]
- "André Kertész of the Cities"[125]
- "Billie Jean King"[126]
- "B.B. King: The Life of Riley"[127]
- "Carole King: Natural Woman"[128]
L
- "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story"[129]
- "Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning"[130]
- "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You"[131]
- "Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun"[132]
- "Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird"[133] (The original 2012 episode was updated in 2015 to include information about the publication of Lee's Go Set a Watchman.)
- "Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens"[134]
- LennoNYC[135]
- "James Levine: America's Maestro" and "James Levine: The Life in Music"[136]
- "Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny"[137]
- "Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius"[138]
- "Cachao: Uno Mas"[139]
- "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic"[140]
- "Henry Luce and Time-Life's America: A Vision of Empire" [141]
- "By Sidney Lumet"[142]
- "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl"[143]
M
- "Mailer on Mailer"[144]
- "Bob Marley: Rebel Music"[145]
- "Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best-Kept Secret"[146]
- "Menuhin: A Family Portrait"[147]
- "Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan & The Blacklist: None Without Sin" [148]
- "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind"[149]
- "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel"[150]
- "Marilyn Monroe: Still Life"[151]
- "Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel"[152]
- "John Muir In The New World"[153]
- "Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter"[154]
N
- "The Negro Ensemble Company"[155]
- "Willie Nelson: Still is Still Moving"[156]
- "Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned"[157]
- "Nichols & May: Take Two"[158]
- "Mike Nichols: An American Master"[159]
- "Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis: Nik and Murray"[160]
- "Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper"[161]
- "Novel Reflections on the American Dream"[162]
O
- "Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune"[163]
- "Georgia O'Keeffe"[164]
- "Eugene O'Neill: The Glory of Ghosts"[165]
- "Orozco: Man of Fire[166]
P
- "Jack Paar: As I Was Saying"[167]
- "Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker"[168]
- "Les Paul": Chasing Sound"[169]
- "Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam Twenty[170]
- "A Conversation with Gregory Peck"[171]
- "I.M. Pei: Building China Modern"[172]
- "Jacques Pepin: The Art of Craft"[173]
- "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself"[174]
- Edgar Allan Poe:
- "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light"[177]
- "You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story"[178]
- "Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory"[179] (July 7, 1986)
R
- "Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius"[180]
- "Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde"[181]
- "Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart"[182] (April 29, 1998)
- Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days[183]
- "Diego Rivera: Rivera in America"[184]
- "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work "[185]
- "Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About"[186]
- "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand"[187]
- "Norman Rockwell: Painting America"[188]
- "Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds"[189]
- "Rediscovering Will Rogers"[190]
- "Philip Roth: Unmasked"[191]
- "Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous"[192]
- "Arthur Rubenstein: Rubenstein Remembered"[193]
S
- "Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future"[194]
- "Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition"[195]
- "Augustus Saint Gaudens: Masque of the Golden Bowl"[196]
- "J. D. Salinger: Salinger"[197]
- "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey"[198]
- "The Day Carl Sandburg Died"[199]
- "Good Ol' Charles Schulz"[200]
- "Martin Scorsese Directs"[201]
- "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song"[202]
- "Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa"[203]
- "Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval"[204]
- "Simply Simon: Not Just for Laughs"[205]
- "Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time"[206]
- "Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer"[207]
- "W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult"[208]
- "The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation"[209]
- "Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye"[210]
- "Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso"[211]
- "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey"[212]
- "Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer"[213]
- "William Styron: The Way of the Writer"[214] (January 24, 1996)
- "Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records"[215]
- "Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice"[216]
T
- "Paul Taylor: Dancemaker"[217]
- "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll"[218]
- "Troubadours: Carole King, James Taylor and the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter[219]
- "Trumbo"[220]
U
- Unladylike2020 (July 10, 2020)[221]
V
- "Vaudeville"[222]
- "Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One"[223]
- "The Education of Gore Vidal"[224]
W
- "Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth"[225]
- Andy Warhol:
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film[226]
- "Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol"
- "The Brothers Warner"[227]
- "You Must Remember This: The Warner Brothers Story"[228]
- "Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution"[229]
- "Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied"[230]
- "Decoding Watson"[231]
- "Mae West: Dirty Blonde"[232]
- "Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy"[233] (February 4, 1998)
- "Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues"[234]
- "Ted Williams: 'The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived'"[235]
- "Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage"[236]
- "August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand"[237]
- "Women of Tin Pan Alley"[238]
- "The Women's List"[239]
- "Tyrus"[240]
- "Wyeth"[241]
- "Directed by William Wyler"[242]
Y
- "Neil Young: Don't Be Denied"[243]
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- "Louis Armstrong - About Louis Armstrong - American Masters - PBS". July 6, 2005.
- "John James Audubon - Drawn from Nature - American Masters - PBS". July 25, 2007.
- "Richard Avedon - About the Photographer - American Masters - PBS". September 11, 2005.
- "Joan Baez - How Sweet the Sound - American Masters - PBS". September 24, 2009.
- "George Balanchine - Master of the Dance - American Masters - PBS". January 14, 2004.
- "James Baldwin - About the Author - American Masters - PBS". November 29, 2006.
- "Lucille Ball - Finding Lucy - American Masters - PBS". September 21, 2006.
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- "James Beard: America's First Foodie - Watch Full Film - American Masters - PBS". May 19, 2017.
- "Tony Bennett - The Music Never Ends - American Masters - PBS". September 12, 2007.
- "Leonard Bernstein - Reaching for the Note - American Masters - PBS". September 6, 2006.
- "Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music" – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Boomer List - Full Episode - American Masters - PBS". September 24, 2014.
- "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". December 6, 2010.
- "American Masters (2013 Season) – Mel Brooks: Make a Noise". WNET TV. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "James Brown - Soul Survivor - American Masters - PBS". October 29, 2003.
- "Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Interview - American Masters - PBS". August 24, 2008.
- "John Cage - About The Composer - American Masters - PBS". August 1, 2001.
- "Alexander Calder - About the Artist - American Masters - PBS". August 12, 2006.
- "Cab Calloway: Sketches - About the Documentary - American Masters - PBS". January 19, 2012.
- "Robert Capa - In Love and War - American Masters - PBS". May 28, 2006.
- "Truman Capote - About the Author - American Masters - PBS". July 28, 2006.
- "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - About the Documentary - American Masters - PBS". April 9, 2012.
- "John Cassavetes - About John Cassavetes - American Masters - PBS". November 24, 2000.
- "Willa Cather - About Willa Cather - American Masters - PBS". September 7, 2005.
- "Lon Chaney - The Man of a Thousand Faces - American Masters - PBS". October 30, 2002.
- "Charlie Chaplin - About the Actor - American Masters - PBS". August 28, 2006.
- "Ray Charles - About Ray Charles - American Masters - PBS". May 17, 2006.
- "Biography of Julia Child - American Masters - PBS". June 15, 2005.
- "Patsy Cline - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". February 7, 2017.
- "Harold Clurman - About Harold Clurman - American Masters - PBS". December 2, 2003.
- "Nat King Cole - About Nat King Cole - American Masters - PBS". May 17, 2006.
- "Sam Cooke - Crossing Over - American Masters - PBS". January 1, 2010.
- "Aaron Copland - About the Composer - American Masters - PBS". July 11, 2005.
- "Walter Cronkite - About Walter Cronkite - American Masters - PBS". July 26, 2006.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "George Cukor - On Cukor - American Masters - PBS". November 22, 2002.
- "Merce Cunningham - A Lifetime of Dance - American Masters - PBS". December 16, 2001.
- "Edward Curtis - Shadow Catcher - American Masters - PBS". April 23, 2001.
- "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool". July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- "Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me". February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- "James Dean - Photographer Dennis Stock on James Dean - American Masters - PBS". May 11, 2005.
- "Placido Domingo - About Placido Domingo - American Masters - PBS". December 2, 2002.
- "The Doors - About The Film - American Masters - PBS". April 9, 2010.
- "Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". January 8, 2016.
- "Bob Dylan - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". June 28, 2006.
- "Thomas Eakins - About Thomas Eakins - American Masters - PBS". December 2, 2001.
- "Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". November 16, 2011.
- "Clint Eastwood - Eastwood Noir - American Masters - PBS". December 12, 2004.
- "Albert Einstein - How I See the World - American Masters - PBS". August 16, 2006.
- "Duke Ellington - About Duke Ellington - American Masters - PBS". December 12, 2002.
- "Ralph Ellison - An American Journey - American Masters - PBS". August 24, 2005.
- "A Fierce Green Fire - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". April 22, 2014.
- "Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live For - American Masters - PBS". June 1, 2005.
- "F. Scott Fitzgerald - Essay: The Crack-Up - American Masters - PBS". August 31, 2005.
- "John Ford and John Wayne - Pappy and the Duke - American Masters - PBS". May 10, 2006.
- "Milos Forman - About Milos Forman - American Masters - PBS". December 12, 2003.
- "Aretha Franklin - About Aretha Franklin - American Masters - PBS". May 24, 2006.
- "R. Buckminster Fuller - About R. Buckminster Fuller - American Masters - PBS". December 12, 2001.
- "Judy Garland - Preview Judy Garland: By Myself - American Masters - PBS". June 22, 2012.
- "Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - American Masters - PBS". August 27, 2008.
- "Inventing David Geffen - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". November 7, 2012.
- "Frank Gehry - Sketches of Frank Gehry - American Masters - PBS". September 20, 2006.
- "George Gershwin - About the Composer - American Masters - PBS". June 7, 2006.
- "Althea Gibson - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". September 5, 2015.
- "Allen Ginsberg - About Allen Ginsberg - American Masters - PBS". December 29, 2002.
- "Lillian Gish - About Lillian Gish - American Masters - PBS". December 29, 2001.
- "Philip Glass - GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts - American Masters - PBS". March 4, 2009.
- "Sam Goldwyn - About Sam Goldwyn - American Masters - PBS". July 17, 2005.
- "Benny Goodman - About Benny Goodman - American Masters - PBS". December 29, 2000.
- "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". November 30, 2010.
- "Martha Graham - About the Dancer - American Masters - PBS". September 16, 2005.
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- "Dashiell Hammett - About Dashiell Hammett - American Masters - PBS". December 30, 2003.
- "John Hammond - About John Hammond - American Masters - PBS". December 30, 2005.
- "Marvin Hamlisch - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". November 23, 2013.
- "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". December 20, 2017.
- "Helen Hayes - About Helen Hayes - American Masters - PBS". December 30, 2002.
- "Lillian Hellman - About Lillian Hellman - American Masters - PBS". December 30, 2001.
- "Jascha Heifetz - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". March 5, 2015.
- "Ernest Hemingway - Reflections on Ernest Hemingway - American Masters - PBS". September 14, 2005.
- "Jimi Hendrix - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". November 6, 2013.
- "Don Hewitt - About Don Hewitt - American Masters - PBS". August 19, 2009.
- "The Highwaymen: Friends Till The End - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". March 29, 2016.
- "Al Hirschfeld - About Al Hirschfeld - American Masters - PBS". October 31, 2000.
- "Alfred Hitchcock - Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick Collaborations - American Masters - PBS". January 10, 2001.
- "Hollywood Chinese - Interview Outtakes - American Masters - PBS". April 1, 2009.
- "David Hockney - The Colors of Music - American Masters - PBS". July 18, 2007.
- "Billie Holiday - About the Singer - American Masters - PBS". June 8, 2006.
- "This Is Bob Hope…" American Masters (November 13, 2017). Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- "Lena Horne - About the Performer - American Masters - PBS". May 14, 2010.
- "Zora Neale Hurston - Jump at the Sun - American Masters - PBS". August 26, 2008.
- "Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". December 3, 2014.
- "Jasper Johns - About the Painter - American Masters - PBS". March 28, 2008.
- "American Masters (2012 Season) – Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance". WNET TV. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Philip Johnson - About Philip Johnson - American Masters - PBS". January 7, 2003.
- "Bill T. Jones: A Good Man - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". July 21, 2011.
- "Quincy Jones - The Story of an American Musician - American Masters - PBS". June 22, 2005.
- "Janis Joplin - Janis: Little Girl Blue - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". January 19, 2016.
- "Juilliard - About Juilliard - American Masters - PBS". January 29, 2003.
- "Danny Kaye - About the Actor - American Masters - PBS". September 16, 2005.
- "A Letter to Elia - Film Synopsis - American Masters - PBS". September 27, 2010.
- "Buster Keaton - About Buster Keaton - American Masters - PBS". January 13, 2000.
- "Garrison Keillor - The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes - American Masters - PBS". June 6, 2009.
- "Gene Kelly - Anatomy of a Dancer - American Masters - PBS". June 8, 2006.
- "Andre Kertesz - About Andre Kertesz - American Masters - PBS". January 13, 1999.
- "Billie Jean King - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". September 26, 2017.
- "B.B. King - Full Episode - American Masters - PBS". February 13, 2016.
- "Carole King - About Carole King: Natural Woman - American Masters - PBS". January 7, 2016.
- "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". May 19, 2018.
- "Dorothea Lange - Full Episode - American Masters - PBS". August 30, 2014.
- "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | About the Film | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- "Tanaquil Le Clercq - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". June 3, 2014.
- "Harper Lee - About the Documentary - American Masters - PBS". June 4, 2015.
- "Annie Leibovitz - Life Through A Lens - American Masters - PBS". October 27, 2008.
- "LENNONYC - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". August 12, 2010.
- "James Levine - About James Levine - American Masters - PBS". May 18, 2011.
- "Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". July 21, 2017.
- "Harold Lloyd - About Harold Lloyd - American Masters - PBS". January 12, 2006.
- "Cachao: Uno Más - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". August 26, 2010.
- "George Lucas - About George Lucas - American Masters - PBS". January 13, 2004.
- "Henry Luce - Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the American News Media - American Masters - PBS". April 28, 2004.
- "By Sidney Lumet - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". September 28, 2016.
- Betts, Stephen L. (March 4, 2016). "10 Things We Learned From Loretta Lynn's New Documentary".
- "Norman Mailer - A Brief History of Norman Mailer - American Masters - PBS". October 19, 2001.
- "Bob Marley - About Bob Marley - American Masters - PBS". February 14, 2001.
- "Sanford Meisner - About Sanford Meisner - American Masters - PBS". April 22, 2001.
- "Yehudi Menuhin - About Yehudi Menuhin - American Masters - PBS". October 28, 2006.
- "Arthur Miller Biography - American Masters - PBS". August 23, 2004.
- "Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell's Stylistic Journey - American Masters - PBS". April 2, 2003.
- "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel - About the Documentary - American Masters - PBS". February 9, 2012.
- "Marilyn Monroe: Still Life - Biography - American Masters - PBS". July 19, 2006.
- "Robert Motherwell - About Robert Motherwell - American Masters - PBS". November 8, 2002.
- "John Muir in the New World - About the Documentary Film - American Masters - PBS". February 23, 2011.
- "Edward R. Murrow - This Reporter - American Masters - PBS". February 2, 2007.
- "Negro Ensemble Company - About the Company - American Masters - PBS". August 18, 2004.
- "Willie Nelson - Still is Still Moving - American Masters - PBS". October 2, 2002.
- "Bob Newhart - Interview with Bob Newhart - American Masters - PBS". July 20, 2005.
- "Nichols & May - About Mike Nichols and Elaine May - American Masters - PBS". January 8, 2005.
- "Mike Nichols: American Masters - Press Release - Pressroom - THIRTEEN".
- "Alwin Nikolais - About Alwin Nikolais - American Masters - PBS". March 12, 2005.
- "Isamu Noguchi - About Isamu Noguchi - American Masters - PBS". January 3, 2001.
- "American Masters Season 21, Episode 1". TV Links. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune - About the Documentary - American Masters - PBS". December 20, 2011.
- "Georgia O'Keeffe - About the Painter - American Masters - PBS". April 28, 2006.
- "Eugene O'Neill - About Eugene O'Neill - American Masters - PBS". February 2, 2004.
- "American Masters Season 21, Episode 7". TV LInks. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Jack Paar – About Jack Paar - American Masters - PBS".
- "Charlie Parker - About Charlie Parker - American Masters - PBS". October 19, 2003.
- "Les Paul - Chasing Sound - American Masters - PBS". August 13, 2009.
- "Pearl Jam Twenty - About the Documentary Film - American Masters - PBS". July 19, 2011.
- "Gregory Peck - About Gregory Peck - American Masters - PBS". April 18, 2001.
- "I.M. Pei - Building China Modern - American Masters - PBS". February 1, 2010.
- "Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". April 28, 2017.
- "George Plimpton - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". May 16, 2014.
- "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive - Biography - American Masters - PBS". June 1, 2006.
- "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". July 21, 2017.
- "Sidney Poitier - About Sidney Poitier - American Masters - PBS". October 19, 2000.
- "Cole Porter - About the Musician and Composer - American Masters - PBS". September 16, 2005.
- "Katherine Anne Porter - About Katherine Anne Porter - American Masters - PBS". September 28, 2002.
- "Robert Rauschenberg - About the Artist - American Masters - PBS". October 28, 2006.
- "Man Ray - Prophet of the Avant-Garde - American Masters - PBS". September 17, 2005.
- "Lou Reed - About Lou Reed - American Masters - PBS". October 29, 2013.
- "Federic Remington - About Frederic Remington - American Masters - PBS". February 17, 2003.
- "Diego Rivera - About the Artist - American Masters - PBS". August 26, 2006.
- "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work - Preview the Film - American Masters - PBS". September 18, 2014.
- "Jerome Robbins - Something to Dance About - American Masters - PBS". August 9, 2008.
- "Paul Robeson - About the Actor - American Masters - PBS". August 26, 2006.
- "Norman Rockwell - About Norman Rockwell - American Masters - PBS". February 7, 2006.
- "Richard Rodgers - About Richard Rodgers - American Masters - PBS". February 1, 1999.
- "Will Rogers - About Will Rogers - American Masters - PBS". April 26, 1999.
- "American Masters: Philip Roth: Unmasked". WNET TV. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous - American Masters - PBS". October 25, 2019.
- "Arthur Rubinstein - About Arthur Rubinstein - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2005.
- "Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". September 13, 2016.
- "Mort Sahl - About Mort Sahl - American Masters - PBS". March 19, 2006.
- "Augustus Saint-Gaudens - About Augustus Saint-Gaudens - American Masters - PBS". December 13, 2000.
- "JD Salinger". PBS. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- "Waldo Salt - About Waldo Salt - American Masters - PBS". December 11, 2006.
- "American Masters (2012 Season)". WNET TV. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Charles Schulz - Good Ol' Charles Schulz - American Masters - PBS". October 29, 2007.
- "Martin Scorsese - About Martin Scorsese - American Masters - PBS". May 8, 2004.
- "Pete Seeger - Seeger's Singalong Memoir - American Masters - PBS". June 16, 2011.
- "Maurice Sendak - About Maurice Sendak - American Masters - PBS". August 24, 2007.
- "Rod Serling - About Rod Serling - American Masters - PBS". December 29, 2003.
- "Neil Simon - About Neil Simon - American Masters - PBS". November 3, 2000.
- "Paul Simon - About Paul Simon - American Masters - PBS". February 26, 2001.
- "Isaac Bashevis Singer - About Isaac Bashevis Singer - American Masters - PBS". June 8, 2003.
- "W. Eugene Smith - About W. Eugene Smith - American Masters - PBS". April 18, 2002.
- "The Source - About The Source - American Masters - PBS". October 1, 2001.
- "Alfred Stieglitz - The Eloquent Eye - American Masters - PBS". April 16, 2001.
- "Isaac Stern - About Isaac Stern - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2007.
- "George Stevens - About George Stevens - American Masters - PBS". July 13, 2005.
- "Preston Sturges - About Preston Sturges - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 1997.
- "William Styron - About William Styron - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2002.
- "Sun Records - Timeline - American Masters - PBS". October 19, 2002.
- "Sweet Honey in the Rock - About Sweet Honey in the Rock - American Masters - PBS". June 29, 2005.
- "Paul Taylor - About Paul Taylor - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2001.
- "American Masters (2013 Season) – Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll". WNET TV. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "American Masters Season 24, Episode 1". TV Links. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Dalton Trumbo - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". August 11, 2009.
- "Trailer and Documentary | Unladylike2020: The Changemakers | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. January 8, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- "Vaudeville - About Vaudeville - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 1999.
- "Sarah Vaughan - About Sarah Vaughan - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2005.
- "Gore Vidal - About Gore Vidal - American Masters - PBS". July 27, 2003.
- "Alice Walker - Full Film: Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - American Masters - PBS". January 27, 2014.
- "Andy Warhol - A Documentary Film - American Masters - PBS". September 20, 2006.
- "American Masters Season 21, Episode 14". TV Links. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "American Masters Season 21, Episode 13". TV Links. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- "Alice Waters – About Alice Waters - American Masters - PBS".
- "Muddy Waters - Can't Be Satisfied - American Masters - PBS". May 24, 2006.
- "Decoding Watson - American Masters - PBS". January 2, 2019.
- Kennedy, Mark (June 15, 2020). "PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- "Billy Wilder - About Billy Wilder - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2006.
- "Hank Williams - About Hank Williams - American Masters - PBS". August 10, 2005.
- "Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived" - About the Film - American Masters - PBS". June 7, 2018.
- "Tennessee Williams - About Tennessee Williams - American Masters - PBS". February 8, 1999.
- "August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". February 21, 2015.
- "Women of Tin Pan Alley - About the Women of Tin Pan Alley - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 1998.
- "The Women's List - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". September 26, 2015.
- "Tyrus - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". September 9, 2017.
- "Wyeth - Full Film - American Masters - PBS". September 7, 2018.
- "William Wyler - About William Wyler - American Masters - PBS". October 8, 2000.
- "Neil Young - Don't Be Denied - American Masters - PBS". May 28, 2009.