Directed byRic Burns
Produced byLisa Ades, Ric Burns and Steve Rivo
Written byRic Burns & James Sanders
Episode Five written byRic Burns & James Sanders and Ron Blumer
Edited byLi-Shin Yu, Edward Barteski, David Hanser, Nina Schulman and Juliana Parroni
Cinematography byBuddy Squires and Allen Moore
Music byBrian Keane
Senior ProducerKate Roth Knull
Associate ProducersRay Segal, and Robin Espinola
Co-Director, Episodes One through FiveLisa Ades
Narrated byDavid Ogden Stiers
Associate Producers, Episodes One through Four; Co-Producers, Episode FiveSteve Rivo and Ray Segal
Additional EditingRichard Hankin
Associate EditorsMichael Balabuch, Janet Cristenfeld, Syndi Pilar
Sound EditorsIra Spiegel and Marlene Grzaslewicz
Coordinating ProducerKerry Herman
Production CoordinatorJustine Bertucelli and Daryl Gammons
Series ArchivistRobin Espinola
Footage ArchivistsDaniel Vatsky, Hilary Klotz, Corrinne Collette and Lewanne Jones
Assistant ProducersLily Thorne and Danna Liebert
ResearchersMeghan Horvath, Anya Sirota and Sujin Seo
Research AssistantsMarijke Smit, Zachary Kaiman, Jenks Whittenburg
Assistant EditorsRoxanne Yamashiro, Anna Josenhans, June Shiiki, Josh Sternfeld, Samara Smith, Sarah Kaylor, Mick Gormaley
Apprentice EditorsJudd Erlich, Kramer O'Neill
Editorial AssistantsFlavia de Sousa, Jacob Steingroot
Additional CinematographyRoger Sherman, David Ford, Stephen McCarthy, Don Lenzer
Assistant CameraDavid Ford, Anthony Savini, John Tanzer, Andrew Yarme
Sound RecordingJohn Zecca, Mark Mandler, Roger Phoenix, Mark Roy, Dean Sarjeant
Fiscal SponsorCity Lore Inc.
Communications ConsultantsPhyllis Schwartz and Michael Shepley
Senior Creative ConsultantGeoffrey C. Ward
Senior Historical ConsultantsKenneth T. Jackson and Mike Wallace
Senior Research ConsultantsJeanne Houck and Robert W. Snyder
Historical ConsultantsThomas Bender, Marshall Berman, Hope Cooke, Daniel Czitrom, Graham Hodges, Margo Jefferson, David Levering Lewis, Phillip Lopate, John Hull Mollenkopf, Kathy Peiss, Virginia Sanchez-Korrol, Richard Snow, Robert A. M. Stern, Sam Bass Warner, Carol Willis, Steve Zeitlin
Voice-Over RecordingLou Verrico, A&J Recording Studios, Inc.Michael Klinger at Waves Sound RecordersProject One AudioDon Ross Productions
On-Screen CommentatorsRuth Abram, Thomas Bender, Carol Berkin, Marshall Berman, Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Robert A.Caro, Caleb Carr, Daniel Czitrom, Ann Douglas, E. L. Doctorow, Joshua Freeman, Brendan Gill, Allen Ginsberg, John Steele Gordon, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Nancy Groce, Pete Hamill, Kenneth T. Jackson, Margo Jefferson, Alfred Kazin, Tony Kushner, Fran Lebowitz, David Levering Lewis, Phillip Lopate, David McCullough, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Albert Murray, Kathy Peiss, Peter Quinn, Luc Sante, Gretchen Sorin, Robert A. M. Stern, Martin Scorsese, Joel Silverman, Christine Stansell, Jean Strouse, John Kuo Wei Tchen, George W. S. Trow, Donald Trump, Mike Wallace, Craig Steven Wilder, Carol Willis
VoicesJoan Allen, Philip Bosco, Andre Codrescu, Keith David, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Giamatti, Spalding Gray, Gene Jones, James Hazeldine, Frederic Kimball, Robert Sean Leonard, David Margulies, Frank McCourt, Patrick McGrath, Joe Morton, George Plimpton, Isaiah Sheiffer, Ron Silver, Frances Sternhagen, Callie Thorne, Eli Wallach, Harris Yulin
Executive Producer for American ExperienceMargaret Drain
Executive Producer for WGBHJudy Crichton
Executive ProducerRic Burns
FundersMajor support for the series is provided by The Chase Manhattan Corporation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Ford Foundation, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Television Viewers and PBS, and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Additional funding is provided by the J. M. Kaplan Fund, and the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Inc., Rosalind P. Walter, Central Parking Corporation, Glenwood Management Corporation, Judith and Burton Resnick, The Sheldon H. Solow Foundation, and Alan Wiener/American Property Financing Inc.
International PartnersForeign broadcast partners include Channel 4, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and MTV3-Finland.
Companion VolumeNEW YORK: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Ric Burns and James Sanders with Lisa Ades, published by Alfred A. Knopf, November 1999.
Soundtrack CDMusical selections from the series will be available from RCA Victor
Home VideoFive two-hour cassettes offered by PBS Home Video
Closed CaptioningAmerican Experience is closed captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH.
This film would not have been possible without the extraordinary collections and assistance of the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, the Library of Congress, and The New York Public Library.
