Creative Persons

Creative Persons
Genre	biography
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Allan King Roger Graef
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Allan King Associates
Broadcast
Original channel	Bayerischer Rundfunk BBC CBC Television National Educational Television
Original run	3 July 1968 – 25 September 1968

Creative Persons is a biographical television series which was co-produced by broadcasters in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Premise

This series was produced by Allan King Associates with support from BR (Germany), BBC (United Kingdom), CBC (Canada) and NET (United States). Each episode featured a particular person in the field of art or design.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast in Canada on CBC Television Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 July to 25 September 1968.

Episodes

• "Who is Maurice Béjart?" (choreographer) - Roger Graef director
• "Who is Pierre Boulez?" (composer) - Roger Graef director
• "Who is Max Frisch?" (architect, novelist, playwright) - William Brayne director
• "Who is Walter Gropius?" (architect) - Roger Graef director
• "Who is James Jones?" (author) - Allan King director
• "Who is Sean Kenny?" (designer) - William Brayne director
• "Who is Jacques Lipschitz?" (sculptor) - Roger Graef director
• "Who is Norman Mailer?" (writer)
• "Who is Oscar Niemeyer?" (architect) - William Brayne director
• "Who is Sonny Rollins?" (musician) - Dick Fontaine director
• "Who is Richard Smith?" - Denis Postle director
• "Who is Rufino Tamayo?" (painter) - Roger Graef director
• "Who is Victor Vasarely?" (painter)

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Creative Persons". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=803. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Creative Persons". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Con.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.