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Bob Shanks(1932-2020)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Bob Shanks was born on 8 October 1932 in Sullivan, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Avant-Garde in Russia: 1910 to 1930 - New Perspectives (1981), American Lifestyle (1972) and A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape (1984). He was married to Ann Zane Shanks. He died on 12 October 2020 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
BornOctober 8, 1932
DiedOctober 12, 2020(88)
BornOctober 8, 1932
DiedOctober 12, 2020(88)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

The Avant-Garde in Russia: 1910 to 1930 - New Perspectives
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1981
American Lifestyle (1972)
American Lifestyle
6.8
TV Series
  • Producer
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1984
Drop-Out Mother (1988)
Drop-Out Mother
5.7
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1988

Credits

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Producer

  • Drop-Out Mother (1988)
    Drop-Out Mother
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • co-producer
    • 1988
  • CBS Mornings
    8.6
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1987
  • He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
    He's Fired, She's Hired
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • co-producer
    • 1984
  • A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1984
  • Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 1 (1983)
    Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 1
    6.0
    Video
    • contributing producer
    • 1983
  • Drop-Out Father (1982)
    Drop-Out Father
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1982
  • Small World
    TV Movie
    • supervising producer
    • 1982
  • The Avant-Garde in Russia: 1910 to 1930 - New Perspectives
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1981
  • Omnibus (1980)
    Omnibus
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1980
  • Deborah Roberts and David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
    20/20
    6.8
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1978
  • Denmark: A Loving Embrace
    Short
    • executive producer
    • 1973
  • American Lifestyle (1972)
    American Lifestyle
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1972
  • Candid Camera (1960)
    Candid Camera
    6.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1962–1963
  • Play Your Hunch
    6.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1958–1963
  • Jack Paar in The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar
    8.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1957–1962

Writer

  • American Lifestyle
    • Writer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • Without Walls (1990)
    Without Walls
    5.4
    TV Series
    • devised by
    • 1996
  • Drop-Out Mother (1988)
    Drop-Out Mother
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1988
  • He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
    He's Fired, She's Hired
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Drop-Out Father (1982)
    Drop-Out Father
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1982
  • Small World
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1982
  • The Avant-Garde in Russia: 1910 to 1930 - New Perspectives
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • American Lifestyle (1972)
    American Lifestyle
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1972–1976

Director

  • American Lifestyle (1972)
    American Lifestyle
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972

Personal details

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  • Born
    • October 8, 1932
    • Sullivan, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • October 12, 2020
    • Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA(complications from a stroke)
  • Spouse
    • Ann Zane ShanksSeptember 25, 1959 - May 11, 2015 (her death, 1 child)
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    • 1 Article

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    Father of John Shanks.

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