Erik Barnouw was born on June 23, 1908 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and producer, known for Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998), Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1970) and Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991). He was married to Betty Barnouw. He died on July 19, 2001 in Fair Haven, Vermont,...
Bancroft Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Movies
Fable-Safe
Star Sign
Cancer
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Children: son Jeffrey; daughters Susanna and Karen.
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Historian and author. Specialized in the history of broadcasting media.
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The Organization of American Historians annually bestows the Erik Barnouw Award "in recognition of outstanding reporting or programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history." The first recipient was Ken Burns in 1983.
Writer
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Year
Status
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The United States Steel Hour
TV Series adaptation - 3 episodes, 1954 novel - 1 episode, 1960 writer - 1 episode, 1960
Producer
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Status
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Horizons
1951
TV Series producer - 1951-1952
Camps of Death
1983
Video documentary producer - segment "Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945"