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

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