Olympic Filmmaker Bud Greenspan Dies at 84 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-26-2010, 04:11 PM

Bud Greenspan, the Emmy winning documentary filmmaker who chronicled the journeys of Olympic athletes for six decades, has died. He was 84.

Greenspan died Saturday in his New York City home from complications of Parkinson's disease, according to The Associated Press.

Greenspan first garnered attention in 1964 with Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, which followed the Olympian back to the location where he won his first gold medal 30 years earlier. That film and 21 others were part of Greenspan's most famous work, The Olympiad, a 10-part series that won Greenspan his first Emmy in 1976.

Greenspan remained committed to highlighting uplifting stories. "I spend my time on about the 99 percent of what's good about the Olympics and most people spend 100 percent of their time on the one percent that's negative," he once told ESPN.com. "I've been criticized for seeing things through rose-colored glasses, but the percentages are with me."

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Marvo301 · 12-27-2010, 03:33 PM

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Olympic Filmmaker Bud Greenspan Dies at 84 Bud Greenspan, the Emmy winning documentary filmmaker who chronicled the journeys of Olympic athletes for six decades, has died. He was 84. Greenspan died Saturday in his New York City home from complications of Parkinson's disease, according to The Associated Press. Greenspan first garnered attention in 1964 with Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, which followed the Olympian back to the location where he won his first gold medal 30 years earlier. That film and 21 others were part of Greenspan's most famous work, The Olympiad, a 10-part series that won Greenspan his first Emmy in 1976. Greenspan remained committed to highlighting uplifting stories. "I spend my time on about the 99 percent of what's good about the Olympics and most people spend 100 percent of their time on the one percent that's negative," he once told ESPN.com. "I've been criticized for seeing things through rose-colored glasses, but the percentages are with me." http://www.tvguide.com/News/Bud-Gree...ileid=breaking
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