- PRODUCTION CREDITS
- UNDERWRITING
- TRANSCRIPT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous is a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with THIRTEEN’s American Masters for WNET. Michael Kantor and Jessica Martin are executive producers. Eric Slade is producer, writer and director. Margaret Andres is editor. Cinematography by Jason Longo, Tom Shrider, Michael Bendixen, Todd Sonflieth, and Dan Mohr. Music by Teese Gohl. Graphics by Laverne Heiman-Layton and Danika Sandoz. For Oregon Public Broadcasting: president & CEO Steven M. Bass, vice president of television production David Davis and senior vice president & chief content officer Morgan Holm. Michael Kantor is executive producer for American Masters.
About American Masters
Now in its 38th season on PBS, American Masters illuminates the lives and creative journeys of those who have left an indelible impression on our cultural landscape—through compelling, unvarnished stories. Setting the standard for documentary film profiles, the series has earned widespread critical acclaim: 28 Emmy Awards—including 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special—two News & Documentary Emmys, 14 Peabodys, three Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards, an Oscar, and many other honors. To further explore the lives and works of more than 250 masters past and present, the American Masters website offers full episodes, film outtakes, filmmaker interviews, the podcast American Masters: Creative Spark, educational resources, digital original series and more. The series is a production of The WNET Group.
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About The WNET Group
The WNET Group creates inspiring media content and meaningful experiences for diverse audiences nationwide. It is the community-supported home of New York’s THIRTEEN – America’s flagship PBS station – WLIW21, THIRTEEN PBSKids, WLIW World and Create; NJ PBS, New Jersey’s statewide public television network; Long Island’s only NPR station WLIW-FM; ALL ARTS, the arts and culture media provider; newsroom NJ Spotlight News; and FAST channel PBS Nature. Through these channels and streaming platforms, The WNET Group brings arts, culture, education, news, documentary, entertainment and DIY programming to more than five million viewers each month. The WNET Group’s award-winning productions include signature PBS series Nature, Great Performances, American Masters and Amanpour and Company and trusted local news programs MetroFocus and NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi. Inspiring curiosity and nurturing dreams, The WNET Group’s award-winning Kids’ Media and Education team produces the PBS KIDS series Cyberchase, interactive Mission US history games, and resources for families, teachers and caregivers. A leading nonprofit public media producer for more than 60 years, The WNET Group presents and distributes content that fosters lifelong learning, including multiplatform initiatives addressing poverty, jobs, economic opportunity, social justice, understanding and the environment. Through Passport, station members can stream new and archival programming anytime, anywhere. The WNET Group represents the best in public media. Join us.
UNDERWRITING
Major support for Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous is provided by The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation Endowed Fund for Excellence; National Endowment for the Arts. The Kinsman Foundation; Kay Kitagawa and Andy Johnson-Laird; John and Patricia Beckman Fund, The Wyss Foundation, The Jackson Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation, Lee and Marcia Stevenson.
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Seton J. Melvin, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Anita and Jay Kaufman, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers.
TRANSCRIPT
- [Woman] Rothko's one of our great American artists.
- [Narrator] American Masters presents Rothko.
- [Woman] He was a master of color.
- [Narrator] Mark Rothko, the celebrated painter.
- [Man] Experimenting with the look of art.
- [Narrator] And his creations.
- [Woman] They enticed us visually to enter them.
- He wanted the viewer to see what the painting brought out in them.
- Kind of a zen experience.
- [Narrator] Join us for Rothko.
- [Man] Pictures must be miraculous.
- [Narrator] On American Masters.
(jazz piano music)
