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Frank Lloyd Wright tells the story of the greatest of all American architects. Wright was an authentic American genius, a man who believed he was destined to redesign the world, creating everything anew. Over the course of his long career, he designed over eight hundred buildings, including such revolutionary structures as the Guggenheim Museum, the Johnson Wax Building, Fallingwater, Unity Temple and Taliesin. His buildings and his ideas changed the way we live, work and see the world around us.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural achievements were often overshadowed by the turbulence of his melodramatic life. In ninety-two tempestuous years, he fathered seven children, married three times, and was almost constantly embroiled in scandal. Some hated him, some loved him, and in the end, few could deny that he was the one of the most important architects in the world.

 

A Film By
KEN BURNS and
LYNN NOVICK

Written By
GEOFFREY C. WARD

Produced By
KEN BURNS
LYNN NOVICK
PETER MILLER

Edited By
TRICIA REIDY

Cinematography
BUDDY SQUIRES
KEN BURNS

Narrated By
EDWARD HERRMANN

Funding Provided By
General Motors Corporation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Public Broadcasting Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
David H. Koch
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Illinois Bureau of Tourism

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Original Broadcast November 1998

Film Honors:
• Golden Space Needle Award, Best Documentary, Seattle International Film Festival, 1998
• Silver Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition TVFest, 1998
• Peabody Award, 1999

 
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