Jac Venza

Jac Venza

ProducerProductionArt Dec 23 (died age 97) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1958–2004 (46 year career)
6.7 avg rating

Biography

Jac Venza was a public television producer who was directly responsible for most of the theatre and music programs that have been seen on PBS since its creation in 1970. From the early 1960s until his retirement in 2005, Venza brought such programs as NET Playhouse, Live from Lincoln Center, American Playhouse, American Masters, and Great Performances to millions of viewers. He won a Personal Peabody Award in 1998. He began his career on CBS in the 1950s, where he began to notice the scarcity o…

Known For

Filmography

Crew (60)

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Movies (54)

The Topdog Diaries

The Topdog Diaries

2002

Executive Producer

The Women

The Women

2002

Executive Producer

Fosse

Fosse

2002

Executive Producer

6.0
Jackie: Behind the Myth

Jackie: Behind the Myth

1999

Executive Producer

Crazy for You

Crazy for You

1999

Executive Producer

6.0
Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias

Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias

1999

Executive Producer

10.0
Two by Dove

Two by Dove

1995

Executive Producer

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

Executive Producer

7.3
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

1992

Executive Producer

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

Co-Producer

4.9
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

Executive Producer

Bacall on Bogart

Bacall on Bogart

1988

Executive Producer

6.0
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987

Executive Producer

6.8
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

Executive Producer

6.0
Judy Garland: The Concert Years

Judy Garland: The Concert Years

1985

Executive Producer

5.6
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1983

Executive Producer

6.8
Fifth of July

Fifth of July

1982

Executive Producer

7.0
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences

Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences

1982

Executive Producer

Working

Working

1982

Executive Producer

3.5
The Shady Hill Kidnapping

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982

Executive Producer

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982

Associate Producer

10.0
Guests of the Nation

Guests of the Nation

1981

Executive Producer

The Sorrows of Gin

The Sorrows of Gin

1979

Executive Producer

10.0
Uncommon Women and Others

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

Executive Producer

The Five Forty-Eight

The Five Forty-Eight

1979

Executive Producer

O Youth and Beauty!

O Youth and Beauty!

1979

Executive Producer

10.0
Tartuffe

Tartuffe

1978

Executive Producer

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

1978

Producer

0.5
The Trial of the Moke

The Trial of the Moke

1978

Executive Producer

5.5
The Patriots

The Patriots

1976

Executive Producer

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal

1975

Producer

The Year of the Dragon

The Year of the Dragon

1975

Executive Producer

10.0
Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon

1975

Executive Producer

In Fashion

In Fashion

1974

Executive Producer

Feasting with Panthers

Feasting with Panthers

1974

Executive Producer

June Moon

June Moon

1974

Executive Producer

A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet

1974

Executive Producer

Enemies

Enemies

1974

Executive Producer

The Rimers of Eldritch

The Rimers of Eldritch

1972

Executive Producer

Home

Home

1972

Producer

7.8
The Great Radio Comedians

The Great Radio Comedians

1971

Producer

8.0
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

1971

Executive Producer

10.0
Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat

1971

Executive Producer

6.0
A Memory of Two Mondays

A Memory of Two Mondays

1971

Executive Producer

Dragon Country

Dragon Country

1970

Executive Producer

5.0
Let Me Hear You Whisper

Let Me Hear You Whisper

1969

Executive Producer

Story Theatre

Story Theatre

1969

Executive Producer

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

1966

Executive Producer

The Star Wagon

The Star Wagon

1966

Producer

7.0
The Journey of the Fifth Horse

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

1966

Producer

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

1966

Executive Producer

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

1966

Producer

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

1961

Production Design

5.0
Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town

1958

Production Design

6.6