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Christopher Lukas (born March 6, 1935) is an American writer, stage actor, television producer and director.

Early life and education

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LIFE - Google Books

Christopher "Kit" Lukas was born to Elizabeth and Edwin Lukas in New York.[1] His mother was an actress, and his uncle Paul Lukas was an Academy Award–winning actor. His father was a lawyer who headed up the civil rights division of the American Jewish Committee, and made many efforts to promote equality between the races in America. After his mother's death by suicide and his father's illness after her death, he was at the age of six enrolled in the coeducational Putney School boarding school in Vermont. He graduated with high honors from Swarthmore College Swarthmore College[2] and married Susan Ries—author and psychotherapist—in 1962. She died in 2008. His older brother was J. Anthony Lukas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer. Christopher and Susan's two daughters – Megan and Gabriela – have three children between them.


Lukas pursued various career paths, including films for TV, films for non-profits, university teaching.[3][clarification needed]

Television

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Lukas left the University of California Psychology program after one year to take a job in TV . He became a dialogue coach for the "Lassie" series.[4]. For the next fifty years, Lukas worked primarily for public television. From 1963 to 1971 he produced for WNET in New York City, making over 200 hours of programming for the educational station. A program of a Shakespeare rehearsal was praised by then-NY Times critic Jack Gould.[1] In 1969 he was promoted to director of programming.[5] This was followed by a full Shakespeare series.[6] In 1968 Lukas proposed and received funding for the series SOUL![7]

Lukas's tenure at Channel 13 was often controversial.as were his opinions on prevailing TV practices.[8][9][10][11]

Lukas moved into the freelance world in 1971, working for public TV stations in San Francisco and Chicago, among others. His works for PBS include: The Mystery of Love, The World of Abnormal Psychology, Music From Aspen, Whose Death is It, Anyway?, Moyers: Report from Philadelphia, The Do It Yourself Messiah. Pete Seeger's Legacy aired in over 150 cities in 2019.[12] In 1979, a program about Pompeii received Emmys in four categories in Chicago.[13]

Teaching

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Between 1980 and 1987, Lukas taught at the City University of New York.[14] eventually being appointed chairman of the newly formed Communications, Film, and Television Department. There, he wrote a book on directing. Directing for Film and Television:[15]


Acting

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While continuing to work in video and television, Lukas returned in 2002 to the field of acting. He has appeared off-Broadway and in regional theaters, playing a wide variety of roles in plays by Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, and Stoppard.

Writing[16]

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His works include:

  • Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss & Survival[17][18]
  • Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide.[19]

. Also published in Brazil, Russia, and China.

  • Staying in Charge: Practical Plans for the End of Your Life (John Wiley & Son) 2004 (ISBN 978-0-471-27424-7).
  • The First Year: Prostate Cancer (Marlowe Books.) 2005 (ISBN 978-1-56924-352-7).)
  • Shrink Rap: a guide to psychotherapy by a frequent flier

References

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  1. ^ LUKAS (hsp.org)
  2. ^ Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA) Search Results 'Lukas' (e-yearbook.com)
  3. ^ Life After Suicide - Dart Center https://dartcenter.org/bio/christopher-kit-lukas
  4. ^ "LIFE". 25 November 1957.
  5. ^ The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  6. ^ TV: 'Macbeth' With Channel 13 Cast; Earle Hyman Portrays Title Character Foundations Support Drama Venture - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  7. ^ ""Soul!" (Famous!) TV Program with Ellis Haizlip", African American Studies, Oxford University Press, July 28, 2021, ISBN 978-0-19-028002-4, retrieved June 13, 2024
  8. ^ TV Mailbag - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  9. ^ DOCUMENTARIES AND BALANCE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  10. ^ DAYS OF RAGE'; 'Balance' Is Boring - The New York Times
  11. ^ TELEVISION . . . - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  12. ^ Pete Seeger's Legacy: If I Had A Hammer | KPBS Public Media
  13. ^ 1979-Emmy-Recipients.pdf (chicagoemmyonline.org)
  14. ^ https://dartcenter.org/bio/christopher-kit-lukas
  15. ^ Revised Edition by Christopher Lukas | eBook | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)
  16. ^ amazon.com/author/kit
  17. ^ (Doubleday) 2008 (ISBN 978-0-385-52520-6)
  18. ^ "A Family's Blue Genes | the Leonard Lopate Show".
  19. ^ (Scribners, Bantam Books) 1987 (ISBN 978-1-84310-847-4)


1. ^ TimesMachine: January 7, 1966 - NYTimes.com 2. ^ The Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit. Amazon publishing. ISBN 9781977848611 3. ^ Lukas, Christopher (2008). Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52520-6. LCCN 2008006648. OCLC 202538435. 4. ^ "Soul!" (Famous!) TV Program with Ellis Haizlip", African American Studies, Oxford University Press, July 28, 2021, ISBN 978-0-19-028002-4, retrieved June 13, 2024 5. ^ 1979-Emmy-Recipients.pdf (chicagoemmyonline.org) 6. ^ Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival (publishersweekly.com) BLUE GENES | Kirkus Reviews Self-Murder Mystery | City Journal (city-journal.org) Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival by Christopher Lukas | Goodreads

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