Fred Barzyk (b. Milwaukee, October 18, 1936) is a Boston-based television producer and director who was president of Creative Television Associates, Inc., from 1965–2001.[1] Known for his avant garde experiments in broadcast television,[2] he worked as a producer for GBH, the multiplatform public media organization, from 1958–2001.[3] He has produced and directed television programs for PBS, HBO, NBC, ABC and CBS,[4] directing such stars as Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Dan Aykroyd, Rosie Perez, Matt Dillon, Claire Danes and Lily Tomlin.[3] He has won the Venice Film Festival Award, two ACE awards, three Emmys and a Peabody Award.[2]
Career
editBarzyk earned his bachelor’s degree in 1958 from Marquette University, where he was active in the theater program.[5] He studied for a master’s degree in communication at Boston University.
Barzyk came to Boston in 1958 and joined GBH in 1959.[1] He was the founder and first director of GBH’s New Television Workshop from 1967–1979. He and his work are featured in the 2001 essay collection Fred Barzyk: The Search for a Personal Vision in Broadcast Television. An accomplished videographer and artist, Barzyk has shown his work at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass., and at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee, which held an exhibit that featured Barzyk’s work from his years at GBH.[5]
Awards and nominations
editVenice Film Award, 1985 for best television director worldwide for HBO’s Countdown to Looking Glass [6]
Cable ACE Award, 1985 for Countdown to Looking Glass [7]
Peabody Award for Tender Places [8]
Karios Award, 2001, from Marquette University [5]
Filmography
editNegro and the American Promise (1961)[1]
Five Days (1961)[1]
The “Double Channel” Broadcasts, (1968) [1]
The Medium is the Medium ( 1968)[1]
What’s Happening, Mr. Silver? (1968)[9]
Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)[10]
Jean Shepherd’s America (1972)[1]
Mother’s Little Network (1972)
Collisions: The Grand Failure (1977)[1]
Visions’ Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree (1978)[11]
The Chicken that Ate Columbus (1978)[1]
The Lathe of Heaven (1979)[3]
Secrets (1985)[1]
Jenny’s Song, 1988[12]
Tender Places, 1987[13]
Puzzlemania (1987,1988)[3]
Destinos, (1988–92)[3]
Breast Care Test (1994)[3]
The Ryan Interview (2000)[3]
The Journey (2011)[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fred Barzyk: The Search for a Personal vision in Broadcast Television.
- ^ a b "Video art takes center stage in Haggerty Museum galleries" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sefton, Dru; Editor, Senior (8 July 2013). "'Old-timer' Fred Barzyk aims to Kickstart drama". Current. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Forum Network | Fred Barzyk". forum-network.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ a b c "B-5.4 Series 2-FFB Alumni Papers. Barzyk, Fred. Collection, 1957– [ca. 1999]. // Archives // Raynor Memorial Libraries // Marquette University". www.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ Countdown to Looking Glass – IMDb, retrieved 2020-09-09
- ^ "CableACE Awards (1985)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "ATNE » CANCELLED – Feb. 5th: An Evening with Fred Barzyk". Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ Walsh, Ryan H. "Boston's most radical TV show blew the minds of a stoned generation in 1967 – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Fred Barzyk". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Visions" Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree (TV Episode 1978) – IMDb, retrieved 2020-09-09
- ^ Barzyk, Fred, Jenny's Song (Drama), Jennifer East, Ben Vereen, Jessica Walter, Garrett M. Brown, WBZ Boston, retrieved 2020-09-09
- ^ Barzyk, Fred, Tender Places (Short), Don Wescott, Deborah Hedwall, Frederick Koehler, Barry Nolan, retrieved 2020-09-09