Lynn novick biography
Lynn Novick
American director and producer
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Lynn Novick is an American director and producer of documentary films, widely known for her work with Ken Burns.
Early life
Novick was born in , raised in New York City, and graduated from Horace Mann School in [1] She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with honors in American Studies.[2]
Career
Novick was a research assistant at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History before beginning her film career as a production assistant at WNET, a public television station in Manhattan.
She then worked on Bill Moyers' projects Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth and A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers before moving to Florentine Films in to work on Burns's series, The Civil War, as associate producer for post production.
In , she produced Burns's nine-part series, Baseball, () for which she received an Emmy Award.
Lynn novick biography The things that they put on your obituary. American director and producer. Afterward, he asked her to produce "Baseball" with him. In , she was director and producer with Burns of two-part biographical documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright , for which she received a Peabody Award.In , she was director and producer (with Burns) of two-part biographical documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright, for which she received a Peabody Award. In , Novick produced Burns’ part series, Jazz.[2]
Among her more recent collaborations with Burns have been The War (), Baseball: The Tenth Inning (), and Prohibition ().[3] Her next collaboration was an hour documentary film series, The Vietnam War, with Burns and Geoffrey Ward, which aired in September [4] In , her four-part series College Behind Bars, was broadcast on PBS.[5]
On April 5, , a three-episode, six-hour documentary, a recapitulation of Ernest Hemingway's life, labors, and loves, debuted on the Public Broadcasting System, co-produced and directed by Burns and Novick.[6]
In April, , it was announced that Novick would be joining Meadowlark Media as a creative advisor.