Bud Greenspan
(1926 - 2010)
Bud Greenspan is the preeminent master of sport
films. A four-time producer of official films of the Olympic Games,
Greenspan produced the official motion pictures of the 1984 (Los
Angeles), 1988 (Calgary), 1992 (Barcelona), and 1996 Olympic
Centennial Games in Atlanta.
He also produced the non-official two-hour TV
special on the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics. His "The Spirit
of the Olympics", a multi-screen visual/musical tribute to the
quadrennial games, is on permanent display at the Olympic Museum in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
His book, 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History,
published in November, 1995, has had multiple printings.
Greenspan has produced numerous other
Olympic-related productions, among them: 16 Days of Glory, Los
Angeles, Triumph and Tragedy: The 1972 Olympics, The Measure of
Greatness, An Olympic Dream, the television series For the Honor of
Their Country, and the two-hour docu-drama, Time Capsule: The 1936
Berlin Olympic Games. The TV series: The Olympiad, produced with his
late wife, Cappy, has been seen in more than 80 countries around the
world.
He has earned numerous industry honors, including:
The Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995,
and TV Academy Emmy Awards for The Olympiad series, his Olympic
vignettes, and both of the 16 Days of Glory films--Calgary (1988) and
Lillehammer (1994).
Greenspan was awarded the Olympic Order in 1985 by
International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch--the
17th American to receive this honor.
Sources: International
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame |