Wasserman, Al

Wasserman, Al
▪ 2006

      American filmmaker (b. Feb. 9, 1921, Bronx, N.Y.—d. March 31, 2005, New York, N.Y.), produced award-winning television and film documentaries that examined topics ranging from civil rights to travel by rail. As a writer for First Steps, a documentary featuring disabled children undergoing physical therapy, Wasserman earned an Academy Award in 1947. From 1955 to 1960 he served as writer, director, and producer for The Search, a CBS-TV public-affairs series that demonstrated how research was conducted at universities. After co-producing (1960–67) the NBC White Paper series that examined numerous foreign-policy issues, Wasserman launched his own production company, which produced programs that included A Look at the Light Side (1969) and the film The Making of the President 1972 (1973). Wasserman later returned to CBS as producer (1976–86) of the series 60 Minutes.

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