Stephen Foster
Brief Synopsis
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Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was the first great American songwriter. His melodies are so much a part of American history and culture that people think they're folk tunes. All in all, he composed some 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna," "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" and "Camptown Races."
Cast & Crew
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Randall Maclowry
Director
Joe Morton
Narration
Peter Aufiero
Production Crew Member
Johanna Baker
Publicist (Wgbh/New York)
Jeanine Basinger
Advisor
Tim Bowman
Photo Animator
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (04/23/01), The
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Witf
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was the first great American songwriter. His melodies are so much a part of American history and culture that people think they're folk tunes. All in all, he composed some 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna," "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" and "Camptown Races." Though he virtually invented popular music as it recognized today, Foster's personal life was tragic and riddled with contradiction. His marriage was largely unhappy, he never made much money from his work and he died at the age of 37 a nearly penniless alcoholic on the Bowery in New York.
Director
Randall Maclowry
Director
Cast
Joe Morton
Narration
Crew
Peter Aufiero
Production Crew Member
Johanna Baker
Publicist (Wgbh/New York)
Jeanine Basinger
Advisor
Tim Bowman
Photo Animator
Ramon Britt
Assistant Camera
Andrea Campbell
Production Crew Member
Berle Cherney
Photo Animator
Joan Cohen
Archival Footage Researcher
Phil Cousins
Production Crew Member
Spencer R Crew
Advisor
John J Dowdell
Colorist
Margaret Drain
Executive Producer ("The American Experience")
Bob Elder
Rerecording Mixer
Mark Elrod
Costumes/ Props
Ken Emerson
Writer
Paul Foltz
Costumes/ Props
Stephen Foster
Songs ("Oh! Susanna" "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair" "Camptown Races")
Beth Hager
Producer
H Wiley Hitchcock
Advisor
E J Inscho
Production Crew Member
Sandy Kern
Production Assistant
Eric Lott
Advisor
Randall Maclowry
Producer
Randall Maclowry
Writer
Simon Manses
Assistant Camera
Howard W Mcintosh
Costumes/ Props
Trish Mclean
Costumes/ Props
Michael Menapace
Assistant Editor
Beth Miller
Costumes/ Props
John S Moyer
Crane Operator
Daphne B Noyes
Publicist (Wgbh/Boston)
Tom Phillips
Music
John David Pope
Assistant Camera
John H Rex
Production Crew Member
Deane L Root
Advisor
Steven W Ross
Cinematographer
Mark Samels
Senior Producer ("The American Experience")
Jay Sanchez
Assistant Camera
Arthur Schlesinger
Advisor
Gail Schumann
Archival Footage Researcher
Catherine Shields
Editor
Lenwood O Sloan
Choreography
Skip Sorelle
Sound Designer
Diane Stoz
Production Assistant
Lou Verrico
Sound Recordist (Narration)
Michael J Williams
Associate Producer
Josephine Wright
Advisor
George Wunderlich
Costumes/ Props
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (04/23/01), The
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Witf
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
