Person
Perry Miller Adato
Directing · 1920–2018 · Yonkers, New York, USA
Biography
Perry Miller Adato (1920-2018) was an American documentary film producer, director, and writer whose work focused primarily on other artists. The subjects of her work included poets Gertrude Stein and Carl Sandburg and painters Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Known for
American Playhouse
Director
American Masters
Director
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From Philadelphia
Producer
Gertrude Stein: When You See This, Remember Me
Director
Art of the Western World
Creator
The Great Radio Comedians
Producer
Great Tales in Asian Art
Director
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Producer
Paris: The Luminous Years
Director
Georgia O'Keeffe
Director
Filmography
- 2010Paris: The Luminous YearsDirector
- 1995Great Tales in Asian ArtDirector
- 1986American MastersDirector
- 1982Carl Sandburg: Echoes and SilencesProducer
- 1982American PlayhouseDirector
- 1978Frankenthaler: Toward a New ClimateProducer
- 1977Georgia O'KeeffeDirector
- 1977Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From PhiladelphiaProducer
- 1971The Great Radio ComediansProducer
- 1970Gertrude Stein: When You See This, Remember MeDirector
- —Art of the Western WorldCreator
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