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Film & Media Studies

Madison Davis Lacy

Madison Davis LacyAssociate Professor
B.A., Washington State University
Documentary Film/Video Production, History, and Criticism

Madison Davis Lacy is a four-time Emmy award winner who has had a successful career as a writer, producer, and director of documentary films. He also has been vice president and general manager of WNYC-TV, New York City's public television station. His Emmy-winning documentaries are Beyond Tara: The Extraordianry Life of Hattie McDaniel, Free to Dance, Richard Wright - Black Boy, and The Time Has Come and Back to the Movement, two episodes of the eight-hour Eyes on the Prize II series chronicling the American civil rights struggle. Lacy also was contributing producer for Ken Bruns' 10-part PBS documentary series Jazz.

Film & Media Studies
Oldfather Studios
1621 W. 9th Street, Room 217
Lawrence, KS 66044
785.864.1396
785.331.2671
nymdl@ku.edu


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