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• American Masters, Thirteen/WNET’s award-winning biography series, celebrates our arts and culture. Created and launched in 1986 by Executive Producer Susan Lacy, the series set the standard for documentary film profiles, accruing widespread critical acclaim – 50 Emmy nominations and 23 awards – including for Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011 – the 2012 Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television; an Oscar, three Grammys and 12 Peabody Awards. American Masters enjoys recognition from film events across the country and international festivals from London to Berlin and Toronto to Melbourne. The International Documentary Association, the Christopher Awards and the Chicago International Television Awards have all honored us as Outstanding Documentary Series; we have received the Banff Grand Prize and the Television Critics Association award for Outstanding Movies.

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