Judy CrichtonFilmography

Born:
November 25, 1929 in Manhattan, NY
Occupation:
Consultant/advisor, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
Birth name:
Judy Feiner Crichton
Biography:
As one of America's premier female producers of television news, and the first executive producer of the seminal WGBH-Boston series American Experience, Judy Crichton developed, honed, and sustained a reputation for crafting sharp, penetrating historical documentaries with a proclivity for honing...Read More

  • New York, Episode 8: 1945-2003 - The Center of the World

    Crew: Consultant/advisor

    Actors: Bebe Neuwirth, George Plimpton

    Synopsis: The three-hour documentary Center of the World is part of producer/director Ric Burns' massive 14 1/2-hour filmed history of New York City. More specifically, this film is an outgrowth of the five-minute coda to Burns' previous effort The City and the World: 1945 to Present, hastily added to Read More

    2003

  • American Experience: America 1900

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The 19th century saw technological, industrial, and cultural advancements in America beyond the imagination. This four-part program documents America in the year 1900 where a series of tragic events would test the richness and optimism symbolic of its time: a deadly explosion in a coal mine in Read More

    1998

  • American Experience: Truman

    Crew: Consultant/advisor

    Synopsis: Upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, Harry Truman became the 33rd president of the United States. This video captures the exciting details surrounding Truman's later race for re-election against Dewey, along with many other important historical moments. Viewers are reminded Read More

    1997

  • American Experience: The Wright Stuff

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: Written, produced, and directed by Nancy Porter, this documentary chronicles how the eccentric Wright brothers overcame their own sibling bickering and the skepticism of the world to build the first successful flying machine. As Tom Crouch of the National Air and Space Museum explains in an Read More

    1996

  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: Arguably the greatest film ever made, Citizen Kane almost never saw the light of day. In this documentary from directors Michael Epstein and Thomas Lennon, the story behind the legendary film is told, highlighting the attempts by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst to kill the thinly-veiled Read More

    1996

  • American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: Direct descendants of the legendary Native American leader Geronimo aid in telling the story of the Apache medicine man, who, along with his followers, resisted white settlement. When the United States government attempted to move the Chiricahua Apache people to San Carlos Reservation from their Read More

    1993

  • American Experience: Ishi, The Last Yahi

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: In 1911, an Indian wandered out of the hills of Northern California, unable to speak a word of English, and clad in the ancient manner. His discoverers, who found him hiding in a barn, didn't know what to make of him and sent him to San Francisco to be studied like some rare animal by the young Read More

    1992

  • American Experience: George Washington - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: When George Washington, general and commander in chief of the Continental Army, led his troops to victory, absolute power was within his grasp. Washington could have used his power to establish a military dictatorship or become king, a notion not without support from his own army. Remarkably, he Read More

    1992

  • American Experience: Duke Ellington - Reminiscing In Tempo

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: This highly respectful biographical documentary, narrated by Julian Bond, discusses the vast contributions of the pianist, composer, songwriter and band leader Duke Ellington (1899-1974) to jazz, to his nation, and to his people. The most notable highlights of this film are previously unseen Read More

    1992

  • American Experience: LBJ - A Biography

    Crew: Consultant/advisor

    Synopsis: This film profiles the life and political career of the powerful United States senator from Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president of the United States when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The documentary considers this tragic figure in American history, whose social legislation Read More

    1991

  • American Experience [TV Documentary Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer

    1988

  • American Experience: Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: Raised in Oklahoma when it was still Indian territory, Angie Debo rose above poverty and sexism to become a teacher, renowned author, and expert in Native American history. Originally telecast on PBS, this documentary features an interview with Debo in her nineties. Directed by Martha Sandin and Read More

    1988

  • Company

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: This documentary video shows the eighteen-and-a-half hour recording session by the original cast album for the 1970 Broadway musical "Company." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

    1971

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