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Lynn Novick

b. 1962

American television director and producer

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Born 1962. Lynn Novick is an American television director, television producer, film director, manufacturer and director.

Lynn Novick (born 1962) is an American director and producer of documentary films, widely known for her work with Ken Burns.

Early life Novick was born in 1962, raised in New York City, and graduated from Horace Mann School in 1979. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University majoring in American Studies in 1983.

Career Novick was a research assistant at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History before beginning her film career as a production assistant at WNET, a public television station in Manhattan. She then worked on Bill Moyers' projects Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth and A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers before moving to Florentine Films in 1989 to work on Burns's 1990 series, The Civil War, as associate producer for post production.

In 1994, she produced Burns's nine-part series, Baseball, (1994) for which she received an Emmy Award. In 1998, she was director and producer (with Burns) of two-part biographical documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright, for which she received a Peabody Award. In 2001, Novick produced Burns’ 10-part series, Jazz.

Among her more recent collaborations with Burns have been The War (2007), Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010), and Prohibition (2011). Her next collaboration was an 18-hour documentary film series, The Vietnam War, with Burns and Geoffrey Ward, which aired in September 2017. In 2019, her four-part series College Behind Bars, was broadcast on PBS.

On April 5, 2021, a three-episode, six-hour documentary, a recapitulation of Ernest Hemingway's life, labors, and loves, debuted on the Public Broadcasting System, co-produced and directed by Burns and Novick.

In April, 2021, it was announced that Novick would be joining Meadowlark Media as a creative advisor.

Awards

1995: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special for Baseball

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1962, New York City, New York
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Awards
Emmy Award

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lynn Novick?

American television director and producer

When was Lynn Novick born?

Lynn Novick was born in 1962 in New York City, New York.

What is Lynn Novick's occupation?

Lynn Novick is a television director, television producer, film director, manufacturer and director.

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Lynn Novick is American.

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Β· Wikipedia: Lynn Novick

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