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Brock Seawell is an American producer of plays, television programs and feature films.
Education and career
Brock Seawell graduated from the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
His theater producing credits include ''1933'' which he adapted from the
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novella ''1933 Was a Bad Year.''
He received a
Tony Award
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nomination for the
Broadway
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Theatre
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* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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musical ''
Quilters''. In 1982, he also produced a
New York City
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stage adaptation of the
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TV-movie
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''The Arcata Promise'' by
David Mercer .''
Seawell was executive producer of ''
No Bigger Than a Minute'', a
documentary on
dwarfism, which aired on the US
public television
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network
PBS
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under the umbrella series ''POV''. It won a 2006
CINE
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Golden Eagle Award.
He wrote and produced the feature film ''Top of the World'' and produced the telefilm ''Land of Little Rain,'' starring
Helen Hunt, for the PBS anthology ''
American Playhouse
''American Playhouse'' is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Overview
It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever an ...
.'' He additionally produced ''The Shakespeare Sessions'', directed by
Oren Jacoby
Oren Jacoby is a director and producer of documentary films including; '' Shadowman (2017),'' '' My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes'' (2014), '' Lafayette: The Lost Hero''(2010), '' Constantine's Sword'' (2008), ''Sister Rose's Passion'' (200 ...
and
John Barton, for PBS in 2003, and the 2008 television documentary ''When I Hear Thunder'', about four young
Native American boxers, which was nominated for a Heartland Emmy in 2008.
Seawell was president of the
Helen G. Bonfils Foundation, supporting the
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, acting classes for the communi ...
, for more than ten years. He then became a governor of the
Royal Shakespeare Company. He is married to Mary Wallach.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American television producers
American theatre directors
Broadway theatre directors
Seawell family