• Air date: 14 Mar '93 3 episodes
      American Masters is a PBS television show which produces biographies on artists, actors and writers of the United States who have left a profound impact on the nation's popular culture. 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. Pictures.
  • List of Episodes (3)
    • 1. Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

      14 Mar '93
      The career and collaborations of Simon's 30 years in the music business.
    • 2. George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic

      17 Mar '93
      An examination of the thinking and techniques used by one of America's most-celebrated movie makers.
    • 3. D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

      24 Mar '93
      A look at the innovator of primary motion picture techniques that are still important today and the controversy surrounding his beliefs.