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Karl Katz(1929-2017)

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Karl Katz was born on 22 October 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), Independent Lens (1999) and Robert Indiana: American Dreamer (2007). He was married to Elizabeth Segal. He died on 8 November 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
BornOctober 22, 1929
DiedNovember 8, 2017(88)
BornOctober 22, 1929
DiedNovember 8, 2017(88)
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    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Ai Weiwei in Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
7.5
  • Producer
  • 2012
Independent Lens (1999)
Independent Lens
8.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Robert Indiana: American Dreamer (2007)
Robert Indiana: American Dreamer
  • Producer
  • 2007
Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress
8.4
  • Producer
  • 1998

Credits

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  • Herb & Dorothy 50X50 (2013)
    Herb & Dorothy 50X50
    5.9
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    8.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2009–2013
  • Ai Weiwei in Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
    Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
    7.5
    • executive producer
    • 2012
  • Herb & Dorothy (2008)
    Herb & Dorothy
    7.5
    • executive producer
    • 2008
  • Robert Indiana: American Dreamer (2007)
    Robert Indiana: American Dreamer
    • executive producer
    • 2007
  • The Rich Have Their Own Photographers (2007)
    The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
    6.1
    • executive producer
    • 2007
  • Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006)
    Who Gets to Call It Art?
    6.9
    • executive producer
    • 2006
  • Joki taivaalla
    6.1
    • producer
    • 2004
  • Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist (2003)
    Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 2003
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer: Muse Film and Television
    • producer
    • 1991–2003
  • Motown Christmas (2002)
    Motown Christmas
    TV Special
    • executive producer
    • 2002
  • Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress
    8.4
    • executive producer
    • 1998
  • Tashilham
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1997
  • Degenerate Art (1993)
    Degenerate Art
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • associate executive producer
    • 1993
  • Art on Film, Program 1: Balance
    • executive producer
    • 1992

Additional Crew



  • Frank Oz and Cookie Monster in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
    Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • For the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the office of film and television
    • 1983

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  • Born
    • October 22, 1929
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 8, 2017
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(congestive heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Elizabeth Segal1978 - November 8, 2017 (his death, 1 child)
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    • 1 Article

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    He was museum administrator and director and founder. At the Met, he directed from 1980 to 1991 the office of film and television. In 1992, he founded MUSE Film and Television.

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