- Bud Greenspan
Bud Greenspan (born
September 18 1926 ) is an eight-timeEmmy Award -winningfilm director ,writer , and producer, mostly known for his sports documentaries. He was born in New York,New York .Career
Greenspan started in sports broadcasting, becoming sports director in 1947 at New York City's
WMGM (AM) , at that time the largestsports radio station in the US, when he was 21 years old. When he left WMGM, Greenspan began contributing articles to magazines while also producing television commercials.He dabbled in
documentary film making in 1952, with "The Strongest Man in the World", a 15-minute feature on weightlifter John Davis, but he began his filmmaking career in earnest in 1964, accompanyingJesse Owens toWest Berlin to film "Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin". In 1967, he formed his own film company, "Cappy Productions, Inc.", with wife Cappy Petrash Greenspan (deceased 1983). Several hour-long productions followed. Greenspan won his first Emmy for 1976's "The Olympiad", 22 hour-long documentary specials on the Olympics (including "Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin"). The series was broadcast in 80 countries. In 1977, he branched intodocudrama with the two-hour movie of the week biography of gold-medalistWilma Rudolph . "Wilma," staringCicely Tyson , featuredDenzel Washington in his first movie role. In 1979, he launched the first of several vignette series: "This Day in Sports", which aired on CBS, featured 365 30-second film shorts highlighting exciting sports moments from years past. It was followed in 1980 by the similar "Olympic Moments", "Olympic Events" and "Olympic Vignettes".In addition to his prolific film work, Greenspan has continued working in other media. A
contributing editor for "PARADE" magazine, he has also authored a number of books, including several on the Olympics, a book of sportsblooper s called "Play It Again, Bud", and "We Wuz Robbed", which addresses sports controversies. "Great Moments in Sports", his firstalbum , went gold and led him to produce 18 morespoken word albums.Greenspan's work has been recognized many times. He received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the
Directors Guild of America in 1995 and from theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 2006 AnnualSports Emmy Awards . In 1996, he received aGeorge Foster Peabody Award to recognize "distinguished and meritorious public service", [ [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/media/PeabodyWinnersBook.pdf The Peabody Award] . "Peabody". (2006) AccessedJuly 4 2007 .] cited as one of the industry's most prestigious awards. [cf. [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1180389,00.html CNN Earns Prestigious Peabody Award for Hurricane Katrina Coverage] . (April 5 2006 ). AccessedJuly 4 2007 ; [http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Los_Angeles_06042006-1.html Univision’s Kmex-Tv Awarded Prestigious Peabody Award for “El 15% De Los Estados Unidos”] . (April 5 2006 ). AccessedJuly 4 2007 .]Greenspan received the
Olympic Order award in 1985, at which timeInternational Olympic Committee PresidentJuan Antonio Samaranch said, "Mr. Greenspan has been called the foremost producer, writer and director of Olympic films; more than that, he is an everlasting friend of the Olympic family." [ [http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/speaker/259 Bud Greenspan: World-Renowned Olympic Filmmaker] . "Nationwide Speakers". AccessedJuly 4 2007 .] In 2004, Greenspan was inducted as a "Special Contributor" into theUnited States Olympic Hall of Fame . His visual and musical "The Spirit of the Olympics" is on display permanently at theOlympic Museum inLausanne ,Switzerland . In 1994, Greenspan was inducted in theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . In 2006, he was given the "Al Schoenfield Media Award" by theInternational Swimming Hall of Fame .Currently, Greenspan runs Cappy Productions with his partner Nancy Beffa. The company specializes in sport film documentaries.
elect filmography
*"The First Miracle: 1960 U.S. Olympic Men's
Ice Hockey Team" (2006) [Filmography source: [http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/showtime/original?id=1124&dpid=54 Bud Greenspan Presents Pride Over Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story.] "CBS Express".January 26 2007 . AccessedJuly 4 2007 .]
*"Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory" (2005)
*"Whirlaway!" (2005)
*"Salt Lake 2002: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Olympic Glory" (2003)
*"The 1972 Munich Olympic Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers" (2002)
*"Bud Greenspan PresentsMichelle Kwan " (2002)
*"Bud Greenspan's Stories of Winter Olympic Glory" (2002)
*"Sydney 2000: Gold from Down Under" (2001)
*"Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory" (2000)
*"Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of HeavyweightBoxing " (2000)
*"Nagano '98" (1998)
*"Ageless Heroes" (1998)
*"Atlanta's Olympic Glory" (1996)
*"100 Years of Olympic Glory" (1996)
*"America's Greatest Olympians" (1996)
*"Real Athletes/Real History: History of African-Americans at the Olympics" (1996)
*"16 Days of Glory/Lillehammer" (1994)
*"16 Days of Glory/Barcelona" (1992)
*"Mark Spitz Returns to Munich" (1992)
*"16 Days of Glory/Calgary"(1988)
*"16 Days of Glory/Seoul" (1988)
*"An Olympic Dream" (1988)
*"The Golden Age of Sport" (1988)
*"For the Honor of Our Country" (1987)
*"Time Capsule: The 1936 Berlin Olympics" (1986)
*"TheHeisman Trophy Award Show" (1981-1985)
*"16 Days of Glory /Los Angeles" (1984)
*"America at the Olympics" (1984)
*"Time Capsule: The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics" (1982)
*"Sports in America" (1979)
*"Wilma" (1977)
*"The Olympiad" (1976)
*"The Glory of Their Times" (1971)
*"Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin" (1968)Awards
*2006 Billie Award, "Industry Leader" cite web
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* [http://www.ishof.org/awards/alschoenfield_media_award.html Bud Greenspan] "International Swimming Hall of Fame". (2006). Accessed
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* [http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/sports27th_lifetime_achievement.html Bud Greenspan to receive lifetime achievement award] . (March 23 2006 ). "Emmy Online". AccessedJuly 4 2007 .
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* [http://www.budgreenspan.com Cappy Productions Homepage]
*Greenspan, Bud. (2003) [http://www.sundanceresort.com/essay_bud.htm Stories That Resonate And Why I Tell Them] . "Sundance". AccessedJuly 4 2007 .
* [http://www.goodmanspeakersbureau.com/biographies/greenspan_bud.htm Speaker Biographies: Bud Greenspan] . Goodman Speakers Bureau, Inc. AccessedJuly 4 2007 .
* [http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/showtime/original?id=1124&dpid=54 Bud Greenspan Presents Pride Over Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story.]January 26 2007 . AccessedJuly 4 2007 .
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