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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Thomas F. Lennon Biography ((?)-)
Career: Documentary filmmaker, producer, and writer. Lennon Documentary Group, founder and president, 1987-. ABC News, New York City, writer and producer for ten years. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award (with others), outstanding individual achievement in writing, 1984, for "To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children"; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement in writing, 1985, for "Growing Old in America"; Emmy Award andWriter's Guild Award, 1991, for "Seven Days in Bensonhurst"; Peabody Award and DuPont-Columbia Award (both with Mark Zwonitzer), 1995, for Battle of the Bulge; Emmy Award, outstanding informational special, Academy Award nomination, best documentary feature, Writer's Guild Award nomination, best documentary-other than current events, and Peabody Award, all 1996, for "The Battle over Citizen Kane." Addresses: Office: Lennon Documentary Group, 214 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024.; Agent: William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- producer, writer
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Work
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Specials
- Producer and director, At a Loss for Words.Illiterate in America,PBS, 1986
- Senior producer, On Values: Talking with Peggy Noonan, PBS, 1995
- Producer and director, The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (miniseries), PBS, 1998
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Episodic
- Director, "To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children," ABC News Closeup, ABC, 1984
- Producer and director, "Growing Old in America," ABC News Closeup,ABC, 1985
- Producer, "Demon Run," The American Experience, PBS, 1989
- Producer and director, "Coming from Japan" (also known as "The Giant fromJapan"), Frontline, PBS, 1992
- Producer, "The Choice '92," Frontline, PBS, 1992
- Producer, "The Hurricane of '38," The American Experience, PBS, 1993
- Producer, "Tabloid Truth: The Michael Jackson Scandal," Frontline,PBS, 1994
- Director and producer, "The Battle over Citizen Kane," The American Experience, PBS, 1996
- Senior Producer, "The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson," Frontline, PBS, 1996
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WRITINGS
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Television Specials
- (With Mark Zwonitzer) Battle of the Bulge, 1995
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The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (miniseries), PBS, 1998
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Television Episodes
- (With others) "To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children," ABC News Closeup, ABC, 1984
- "Growing Old in America," ABC News Closeup, ABC, 1985
- (With Shelby Steele) "Seven Days in Bensonhurst," Frontline, PBS,1990
- "Coming from Japan" (also known as "The Giant from Japan"), Frontline, PBS, 1992
- "The Choice '92," Frontline, PBS, 1992
- "The Hurricane of '38," The American Experience, PBS, 1993
- (With Richard Ben Cramer) "Tabloid Truth: The Michael Jackson Scandal," Frontline, PBS, 1994
- "The Battle over Citizen Kane," The American Experience, PBS, 1996
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