Louis J. Reda (January 31, 1925 – September 30, 2017) was an American filmmaker, specializing in television

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

, who produced some 30 productions, as chairman of Lou Reda Productions, based in

Easton, Pennsylvania Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a river tha ...

. Reda's production company has been called "the largest producer of programs for the A&E and History Channel cable operations", accounting for some 10% of the material shown on the two cable networks. Productions by Reda's firm include ''

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors The nonfiction book ''The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour'' is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls ...

''. Reda was from Phillipsburg, New Jersey. He enlisted in the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

in 1942 during his freshman year at Phillipsburg High School and was initially assigned to duty as a deep sea diver. A resident of

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, Reda died at the age of 92 on September 30, 2017.Novak, Steve
"Lou Reda, renowned local producer of 100s of documentaries, dies at 92"
'' The Express-Times'', September 30, 2017. Accessed September 30, 2017. "The production company said goodbye to the boss Saturday morning, when Lou Reda died from a sudden illness. He was 92.... Reda, a World War II Navy veteran who lived in Lopatcong Township for decades, produced hundreds of documentaries for A&E and the History Channel in the '80s and '90s, his son said."

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