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Saudek Robert Biography

American TV producer and executive who was awarded eleven Emmys and seven Peabodys. He is best remembered for creating the arts and culture variety television show Omnibus at the behest of the Ford Foundation. Saudek sought to bring uplifting entertainment to American television audiences by bringing them the best actors, musicians, scientists, authors, comedians, and cultural figures. Saudek also produced other cultural television programming, including Profiles in Courage. He served on the Carnegie Commission, which worked to establish both PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Saudek founded the Museum of Broadcasting (now known as the Museum of Television & Radio) and later headed the Library of Congresss motion picture division. He was the son of flutist and conductor Victor Saudek (1879–1966). Robert Saudek died on 13 March 1997, aged 85. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less