Elizabeth Deane

Elizabeth Deane, a writer and producer of historical documentaries, is best known for "Vietnam: A Television History (1983)", "Rock & Roll (1995)," and for her many films for the PBS series "American Experience (1987)," including "Nixon" (1990), "The Kennedys" (1992), "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War" (2004) and "John & Abigail Adams" (2006). "Vietnam," a landmark 13-part history of the war, won a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, 7 News and Documentary Emmys for Outstanding Informational, Cultural, or Historical Programming, and an Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians. After "Vietnam," Deane was Senior Producer for "Crisis in Central America" (1985), a four-part special for "Frontline (1983)" which won a Peabody Award. Deane continued to work on documentaries for WGBH-Boston as Senior Producer for "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age" (1989) and as co-creator and executive producer of the ten-part musical history "Rock & Roll (1995)." Described by