Season 5 episodes1990-07-02

Season 5

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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Episodes

Season 5

Episode 1

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1h 30m

Episode 2

John Cassavetes

1h 30m

Episode 3

Martin Scorsese Directs

1h 30m

Episode 4

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1h 30m

Episode 5

Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter

1h 30m

Season 5

Season 5

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

John Cassavetes

Martin Scorsese Directs

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter

John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It