Jac Venza Net Worth
Jac Venza Net Worth is
$900,000
Jac Venza Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jac Venza is a public television producer who is 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 began his career on CBS in the 1950s, where he began to notice the scarcity of programming devoted to the fine arts on television. It was his dream to bring more of it to the home screen on a regular basis, but he did not receive a full opportunity to do so until the creation of National Educational Television, where it soon became possible, thanks largely to Venza, to see great dramatic literature regularly performed by some of the world's most renowned actors. A then-unknown Dustin Hoffman made his first major television appearance in a play - Ronald Ribman's The Journey of the Fifth Horse - on NET in 1966. NET Playhouse was perhaps the first television anthology to present commercial-free, full-length productions (rather than one-hour or ninety-minute adaptations) of theatrical classics such as Arthur Miller's adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. When NET became PBS, Venza quickly launched Great Performances, which is still running today.Upon his retirement from PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded Venza the Ralph Lowell medal. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations for an individual - 57 - until 2010. Profession | Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Art Department |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 6 episodes | |
La danse et Degas | 2003 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries | 2002 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker | 2002 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
Tantalus: Behind the Mask | 2001 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Far East | 2001 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Great Performances: Dance in America | 1981-2001 | TV Series executive producer - 4 episodes | |
The Man Who Came to Dinner | 2000 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore | 2000 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 6 episodes | |
La traviata | 2000 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Omnibus | 2000 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode | |
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards | 1999 | TV Special executive producer: PBS segment | |
Jackie: Behind the Myth | 1999 | Video documentary executive producer | |
The Art of Piano | 1999 | Video documentary executive producer | |
Hymn: Remembering Alvin Ailey | 1998 | executive producer | |
Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future | 1998 | TV Special executive producer | |
Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now | 1998 | TV Special executive producer | |
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof | 1998 | TV Movie documentary executive producer: Thirteen/WNET | |
American Visions | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer | |
Great Composers | 1997 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes | |
Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl | 1994 | TV Special executive producer | |
American Playhouse | 1982-1993 | TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes | |
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | 1991 | co-producer | |
Performance | 1991 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
American Masters | 1986-1989 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes | |
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set | 1988 | TV Movie executive producer: Great Performances | |
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius | 1987 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's | 1987 | TV Movie executive producer: Great Performances | |
Musical Comedy Tonight III | 1985 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Guests of the Nation | 1981 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Big Blonde | 1980 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Happy Days | 1980 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance | 1980 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat | 1980 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
3 by Cheever | 1979 | TV Mini-Series executive producer - 2 episodes | |
Tartuffe | 1978 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Mourning Becomes Electra | 1978 | TV Mini-Series producer | |
Hard Times | 1977 | TV Mini-Series producer: Great Performances | |
Three by Balanchine | 1977 | executive producer | |
The Time of Your Life | 1976 | TV Movie executive producer: Theater In America | |
The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | TV Mini-Series executive producer - 6 episodes | |
The Mound Builders | 1976 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Year of the Dragon | 1975 | TV Movie executive producer | |
A Touch of the Poet | 1974 | TV Movie executive producer | |
American Ballet Theatre: A Close-Up in Time | 1973 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
Particular Men | 1972 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Between Time and Timbuktu | 1972 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Play for Today | 1972 | TV Series producer - 1 episode | |
The Movie Crazy Years | 1971 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
NET Playhouse | TV Series executive producer - 5 episodes, 1966 - 1970 producer - 2 episodes, 1968 - 1969 | ||
Let Me Hear You Whisper | 1969 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Lincoln Center/Stage 5 | 1967 | TV Series producer - 1 episode | |
An Enemy of the People | 1966 | TV Movie executive producer | |
The Star Wagon | 1966 | TV Movie executive producer | |
The Journey of the Fifth Horse | 1966 | TV Movie producer | |
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | 1966 | TV Movie producer | |
The Law and Lee Harvey Oswald | 1963 | TV Movie associate producer | |
Festival of Arts | 1962 | TV Series producer | |
Great Performances | TV Series executive producer - 86 episodes, 1971 - 2005 producer - 9 episodes, 1974 - 2003 |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Masters | TV Series documentary director of cultural and arts programs - 6 episodes, 1996 - 2004 executive - 2 episodes, 1999 - 2000 director of cultural and arts program - 1 episode, 2002 director of cultural and arts programming - 1 episode, 1996 director - 1 episode, 1994 |
Art Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Glenn Miller Time | 1961 | TV Series settings designer - 3 episodes | |
Mr. I. Magination | 1952 | TV Series settings - 1 episode |
Art Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rendezvous | 1958 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Mama | 1955-1957 | TV Series 2 episodes |
Production Designer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Play of the Week | 1961 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life | 1961 | TV Movie | |
Wonderful Town | 1958 | TV Movie |
Editorial Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Great Performances | 2007 | TV Series assistant editor - 1 episode |
Set Decorator
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Play of the Week | 1960 | TV Series 1 episode |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Great Performances: Dance in America | 2005 | TV Series special thanks - 1 episode | |
The Turandot Project | 2000 | Documentary special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Winner: Outstanding Special Class Program |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2005 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Broadway: The American Musical (2004) |
2002 | CINE Golden Eagle | CINE Competition | Telecast - Professional Non-Fiction Division: People and Places | Making 'The Misfits' (2002) |
2001 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | La traviata (2000) |
2000 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1999 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future (1998) |
1999 | Personal Award | Peabody Awards | ||
1996 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | American Masters (1985) |
1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances (1971) |
1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1980 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class | Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (1980) |
1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2005 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Program | Great Performances (1971) |
2004 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Program | Great Performances (1971) |
2002 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
2000 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
2000 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
2000 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Special | Great Performances (1971) |
1999 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
1999 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
1998 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1996 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program | Great Performances (1971) |
1994 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cultural Program | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1994 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cultural Program | Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50 (1994) |
1994 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cultural Program | Porgy and Bess (1993) |
1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | The Hard Nut (1992) |
1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Great Performances (1971) |
1992 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (Special) | Great Performances (1971) |
1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances (1971) |
1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Tap Dance in America (1989) |
1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Great Performances (1971) |
1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Great Performances (1971) |
1986 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1986 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) |
1984 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Special | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1983 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited Series | Brideshead Revisited (1981) |
1981 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited Series | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) |
1981 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1980 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class | Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980) |
1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances (1971) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited Series | The Adams Chronicles (1976) |
1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited Series | The Adams Chronicles (1976) |
1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Series - Drama | NET Playhouse (1964) |
1970 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Dramatic Series | NET Playhouse (1964) |
1968 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Musical or Variety Program | Lincoln Center/Stage 5 (1967) |
1966 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Achievements in Educational Television - Programs | Festival of Arts (1962) |
1961 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design | Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961) |