Frank von Zerneck (born November 4, 1940) is an American television producer.
Career
Zerneck's career began as a theater producer in
Los Angeles
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, but moved to television in 1975 in a collaboration with
Robert Greenwald
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through Moonlight Productions, which resulted in the
Emmy
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nominated docudrama ''
21 Hours at Munich''. They briefly partnered with former
ABC
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employee Stu Samuels in the mid to late 1980s.
In 1987 Zerneck and fellow producer Robert M. Sertner created von Zerneck/Sertner Films, a long-term venture which has resulted in nearly a hundred
television film
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s. Of the company's most notable productions are four
Native American films produced for
Turner Network Television
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between 1993 and 1996, which included the Emmy winning ''
Geronimo
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'', ''
Crazy Horse
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'',
[ and ]Golden Globe
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nominated ''Lakota Woman
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''. ''Tecumseh'', which concluded the series, was also critically acclaimed. Recent productions have largely consisted of disaster and true crime dramas.
References
External links
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1940 births
Living people
American television producers
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