Kieser, Ellwood Eugene

▪ 2001

“Bud” 

      American clergyman and film producer (b. March 27, 1929, Philadelphia, Pa.—d. Sept. 16, 2000, Los Angeles, Calif.), was the Roman Catholic priest who founded (1960) Paulist Productions, the nonprofit company that produced the public-service television series Insight, which during its 23-year run (1960–83) won six Emmy Awards. He also established the annual Humanitas Prize and produced such films as Romero (1989) and Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996).

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