Susan Lacy
Director
American Masters (1986)
Season 13
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Released June 23, 1986
Episode 90 min
14+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.biography, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.art-documentary, tmdb.people, imdb.music-documentary, imdb.reenactment + 3 more, tmdb.art, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, KQED, Thirteen, WETA+WETA+
Production Companies: Eagle Rock Entertainment, Thirteen
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S13E1 - Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Chronicle of the achievements of the noted composer and conductor of popular and classical music.
Oct. 28, 1998, midnight
S13E2 - The Line King: Al Hirschfeld
An in-depth look at the famous art and caricatures of Al Hirschfeld.
Jan. 6, 1999, midnight
S13E3 - Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Documentary about the life of Paul Robeson: actor, scholar, and rights activist.
Feb. 24, 1999, midnight
S13E4 - Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
The boundaries broken by the innovative experimental artist.
April 7, 1999, midnight
S13E5 - The Lives of Lillian Hellman
The politics and writings of the noted 20th century woman.
June 30, 1999, midnight
S13E6 - Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer
A profile of an author as mysterious as some of his well-known detective stories.
June 30, 1999, midnight
S13E7 - Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
A story of the women who created some of Broadway's most memorable songs.
Aug. 18, 1999, midnight
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PBS
90 min/ep
27720 min
June 23, 1986
Dec. 12, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-14 / 14+
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