Jac Venza Biography (1926-)

Born December 23, 1926, in Chicago, IL. Addresses: Office: WNET-TV, 356 West 58th St., New York, NY 10019-1804.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Producer, director, set designer
Birth Details
December 23, 1926
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Associate producer, Music '55, CBS, 1955
  • Executive producer, NET Playhouse, syndicated, 1964-1973
  • Executive producer, Great Performances, PBS, 1972-?
  • Executive producer, Theatre in America, PBS, 1974-1976
  • Executive producer, The Adams Chronicles, PBS, 1975-1976
  • Executive producer, Dance in America, PBS, 1976-1987
  • Producer (Great Performances), Hard Times, 1977
  • Executive producer and executive director, American Masters, 1990-1993
  • Director, Dancing, PBS, 1993
  • Executive producer, The College of Comedy with Alan King, PBS, 1997
  • Television Producer
  • Movies
  • The Journey of the Fifth Horse, 1966
  • Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, 1966
  • Home, 1972
  • Antigone, 1974
  • The Widowing of Mrs. Holyrod, 1974
  • All Over, 1976
  • Television Executive Producer
  • Movies
  • An Enemy of the People (also known as Arthur Miller's Adaptation of An Enemy of the People), 1966
  • The Star Wagon, 1967
  • Let Me Hear You Whisper, 1969
  • Hogan's Goat, 1971
  • Particular Men, 1972
  • Paradise Lost, 1974
  • In Fashion, 1974
  • Feasting with Panthers, 1974
  • A Touch of Poet, 1974
  • Year of the Dragon, 1975
  • Brother to the Dragons, 1975
  • The School for Scandal, 1975
  • The Seagull, 1975
  • The Mound Builders, 1976
  • The Time of Your Life, 1976
  • All Over, 1976
  • Eccentricities of a Nightingale, 1976
  • The Patriots, 1976
  • The Prince of Homburg, 1977
  • The Good Doctor, 1978
  • Tartuffe, 1978
  • Uncommon Women... and Others, 1979
  • 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty!, 1979
  • Happy Days, 1980
  • Big Blond (also known as Dorothy Parker's Big Blond), 1980
  • Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences, 1982
  • Alice in Wonderland, 1983
  • The Shady Hill Kidnapping, 1983
  • Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts, 1985
  • Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius, 1987
  • Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's, 1987
  • Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable, 1988
  • Our Town, 1989
  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre, 1989
  • Uncle Vanya, 1991
  • The Fred Astaire Songbook, 1991
  • Porgy and Bess, 1993
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner, PBS, 2000
  • Far East, 2000
  • Television Work
  • Miniseries
  • Executive producer, The Adams Chronicles, 1976
  • Producer, Mourning Becomes Electra, 1979
  • Executive producer (with Robert Kotlowitz), Brideshead Revisited,PBS, 1981
  • Executive producer, American Visions, 1997
  • Specials
  • Art director, 24 Hours in a Woman's Life, CBS, 1960
  • Executive producer (with George Page), Fred Astaire: Puttin' On His Top Hat, PBS, 1979
  • Executive producer, Fifth of July, Showtime, 1982
  • Executive producer, Great Performances' 20th Anniversary Special,PBS, 1992
  • Director, Elton John Live!, PBS, 1993
  • Executive producer, Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines, 1996
  • Executive producer, Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House, PBS, 1996
  • Producer, Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe, PBS, 1997
  • Executive producer, Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now, 1997
  • Executive producer, Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof, 1998
  • Executive producer, Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future, PBS,1998
  • Executive producer, The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty, PBS, 1999
  • Executive producer, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, PBS, 2001
  • Episodic
  • Producer, "The Dance Theatre of Jose Limon," Festival of Arts, syndicated, 1965
  • Producer, "Five Ballets of the Five Senses," Lincoln Center/Stage 5, syndicated, 1967
  • Executive producer, "Bernstein's Mass," Great Performances, PBS, 1974
  • Executive producer, "King Lear," Theatre in America, PBS, 1974
  • Executive producer, "Rules of the Game," Theatre in America, PBS,1975
  • Executive producer, "Three by Balanchine," Great Performances, PBS, 1975
  • Executive producer, "Ah, Wilderness!" Theatre in America, PBS, 1976
  • Executive producer, "American Ballet Theatre: Billy the Kid," Dance inAmerica, PBS, 1976
  • Executive producer, "City Center Joffrey Ballet," Dance in America, PBS, 1976
  • Executive producer, "Choreography by Balanchine: Part I," Dance in America, PBS, 1977
  • Executive producer, "Abide with Me," Great Performances, PBS, 1977
  • Executive producer, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," Great Performances, PBS, 1980
  • Executive producer, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
  • Executive producer, "Working," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
  • Executive producer, "The File on Jill Hatch," American Playhouse,PBS, 1983
  • Executive producer, "The Skin of Our Teeth," American Playhouse, PBS, 1983
  • Executive producer, "Judy Garland: The Concert Years," Great Performances, PBS, 1985
  • Executive producer, "Agnes: The Indomitable De Mille," Dance in America, PBS, 1987
  • Executive producer, "Bacall on Bogart," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
  • Executive producer, "The Winslow Boy," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
  • Executive producer and executive director, "Preston Sturges: The Rise andFall of an American Dreamer," American Masters, 1990
  • Executive producer and executive director, "A. Einstein: How I See the World," American Masters, 1991
  • Executive producer, "Three Dances by Martha Graham," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
  • Executive producer and executive director, "Superstar: The Life and Timesof Andy Warhol," American Masters,
  • Executive producer and executive director, "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter'sJourney," American Masters, 1992
  • Executive producer and executive director, "Paul Simon: Born at the RightTime," American Masters, 1993
  • Executive producer, "John Barry's Moviola," Great Performances, PBS, 1993
  • Stage Work
  • Set designer, Elizabeth the Queen, National Repertory Theatre, U.S. cities, 1961-1962
  • Film Executive Producer
  • ("Great Performances") The Turn of the Screw, 1982
  • ("Great Performances") Vladimir Horowitz, 1985
  • ("Great Performances") Madame Butterfly, 1995
  • ("Great Performances") Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse, 1996
  • Who's Dancin' Now?, 1999
  • ("Stage on Screen") Twilight: Los Angeles, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Variety, November 24, 1997, p. 54