Susan Lacy, the creator and executive producer of the celebrated WNET series “American Masters,” shown on PBS nationwide, has signed a multi-year deal to produce and direct documentaries for HBO.
Since Lacy created “American Masters” in 1986, the series has produced more than 190 titles about America’s most enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, filmmakers and dramatists.
Lacy’s documentary “Inventing David Geffen” just won “American Masters” its ninth Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
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“It’s exciting to have someone as talented as Susan Lacy bring fresh ideas to HBO,” said Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary Films, in a statement.”I’ve