Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Brief Synopsis
A documentary focusing on radio pioneers Lee DeForest, Edwin Howard Armstrong and David Sarnoff.
Cast & Crew
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Ken Burns
Director
Erik Barnouw
Garrison Keillor
Red Barber
Jay Ungar
Performer
Jason Robards Jr.
Narrator
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1992
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A documentary focusing on radio pioneers Lee DeForest, Edwin Howard Armstrong and David Sarnoff.
Director
Ken Burns
Director
Cast
Erik Barnouw
Garrison Keillor
Red Barber
Jay Ungar
Performer
Jason Robards Jr.
Narrator
Norman Corwin
Crew
Joe Abend
Special Thanks To
John Alagna
Other
John Alagna
Titles
John E. Allen
Archival Footage
Mike Arcea
Production Assistant
Dennis Atkinson
Archival Footage
Scott Bamford
Special Thanks To
Alan Barker
Sound
Paul Barnes
Sound Editor
Paul Barnes
Editor
Erik Barnouw
Consultant
John Beach
Special Thanks To
Todd Bellanca
Sound
Harold Beverage
Special Thanks To
Ken Bilby
Consultant
Sam Brilowski
Special Thanks To
Edward Burlingame
Special Thanks To
Amy Stechler Burns
Special Thanks To
Ken Burns
Screenplay
Ken Burns
Producer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
Ken Burns
Cinematographer
Ken Burns
Music
Robert K Burns
Special Thanks To
Susan Butler
Special Thanks To
Thomas J Buzalski
Special Thanks To
Jesse Carr
Other
Jesse Carr
Music
Alicia Carroll
Researcher
Ward Chamberlin
Special Thanks To
Tom Ciesielka
Special Thanks To
Victoria Clark
Archival Footage
Craig Clarke
Special Thanks To
James H Clingham
Special Thanks To
Ann Demarch Corwin
Special Thanks To
William Corwin
Special Thanks To
Bill Crawford
Archival Footage
Daniel Czitrom
Special Thanks To
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susan Douglas
Consultant
John J Dowdell
Film To Tape Transfer
Bruce Dumont
Special Thanks To
Marian Early
Photography
Maynard Edmeston
Special Thanks To
Orval Ellsworth
Special Thanks To
Floyd Engels
Archival Footage
Marshall Etter
Special Thanks To
Erik Ewers
Editorial Assistant
Joan Franklin
Special Thanks To
Frank Gunther
Archival Footage
Diane Hamann
Production Assistant
Robert Harding
Special Thanks To
T Mitchell Hastings
Special Thanks To
Catharine Heinz
Special Thanks To
Jay Hickerson
Special Thanks To
Mike Hill
Special Thanks To
Jennifer Howe
Special Thanks To
Richard Hutton
Special Thanks To
Dreamlight Images
Archival Footage
Rhoda Barney Jenkins
Archival Footage
Edward Joyce
Animator
Richard Judge
Archival Footage
Charlotte Katchurin
Special Thanks To
Bruce Kelley
Consultant
Bruce Kelley
Other
Roger Kennedy
Special Thanks To
Donald Koijane
Special Thanks To
Matt Landan
Production Assistant
Joe Lauro
Music
Yaffa Lerea
Associate Editor
Yaffa Lerea
Sound Editor
Gillian Lewis
Special Thanks To
Tom Lewis
Producer
Tom Lewis
Screenplay
Tom Lewis
Book As Source Material
Tom Lewis
Archival Footage
Arthur Linell
Archival Footage
Kenneth Lohf
Special Thanks To
John Lukacs
Special Thanks To
James Madden
Titles
Molly Mason
Music
Nina Mattikow
Audio Consultant
Russ Mauer
Archival Footage
Eric Merkline
Special Thanks To
Charles Michelson
Archival Footage
Ron Mix
Special Thanks To
Allen Moore
Cinematographer
David Moore
Archival Footage
Ken Mueller
Special Thanks To
Lynn Novick
Special Thanks To
Perry Osborn
Archival Footage
David Parker
Special Thanks To
Eleanor Deforest Peck
Special Thanks To
Lauren Peckham
Archival Footage
Lauren Peckham
Special Thanks To
Noelle Penraat
Other
Josephine Raymond
Special Thanks To
Tamara E Robinson
Production
Camilla Rockwell
Associate Producer
Bruce Roloson
Consultant
Charles Sackerman
Special Thanks To
Tara Sad
Special Thanks To
Robert Sarnoff
Special Thanks To
Mike Scarpato
Production Assistant
David Schaffer
Archival Footage
Jacqueline Schwab
Other
Edward Searles
Animator
Eric Sevareid
Special Thanks To
Chuck Shadden
Special Thanks To
David Shaffer
Audio Consultant
Billy Shaw
Other
Roger Sherman
Sound
Ron Simon
Special Thanks To
Phyllis Smith
Special Thanks To
Buddy Squires
Cinematographer
Susanna Steisel
Associate Producer
Mary Ellen Tuthill
Researcher
Gertrude Tyne
Archival Footage
Lou Verrico
Sound Recordist
Geoffrey C Ward
Writer
John Ward
Audio Consultant
John Ward
Archival Footage
Les Wasfen
Special Thanks To
Morgan Wesson
Producer
Morgan Wesson
Sound
Morgan Wesson
Researcher
Wendy Wolf
Special Thanks To
Boris Yuksel
Production Assistant
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1992
Technical Specs
Duration
2h