Lou Reda

Lou Reda is filmmaker, specializing in television documentaries, who has produced some 400 productions, as chairman of Lou Reda Productions, based in Easton, Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.redafilms.com/lrbio.html Lou Reda profile] , Lou Reda Productions. Accessed October 28, 2007.] Reda's production company has been called "the largest producer of programs for the A&E and History Channel cable operations", [Molotsky, Irvin. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E7DF103FF934A35757C0A9669C8B63 " President of Kennedy Center Is Leaving for Internet Job"] , "The New York Times", April 7, 2000. Accessed October 28, 2007. "In it Mr. Wilker will join Lou Reda, the largest producer of programs for the A&E and History Channel cable operations."] accounting for some 10% of the material shown on the two cable networks. [Byalick, Marcia. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E1D8163DF931A25757C0A96E958260 "Weaving Tales From History for TV Series"] , "The New York Times", April 12, 1998. Accessed October 28, 2007. "Along with a producer, Lou Reda ("a super peddler, a man of whom it has been said has the power to clog men's minds"), and a line editor, Sammy Jackson, Mr. Stahl is responsible for up to 10 percent of what is produced on A&E and the History Channel."] Productions by Reda's firm include "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors".

Reda's son Scott is friends with Frank Azzalina, who promoted Larry Holmes' last professional fight.

Reda is from Phillipsburg, New Jersey. [Jones, Joyce. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5D9103AF931A25754C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 "Creating Postcards Not Just for Tourists"] , "The New York Times", July 12, 1992. Accessed october 28, 2007. "In his efforts to satisfy the public's penchant for nostalgia, Mr. Scheller met with a collector of Civil War memorabilia, Lou Reda of Phillipsburg, who introduced him to the Charles Fifer collection of photo plates, hand-colored by Currier & Ives in 1876."]

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