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A Film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey

WRITTEN BY

Ken Chowder

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY

Stephen McCarthy

ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jimmy Gribbins

David Litz

Jason Longo

Thorsten Thielow

NARRATOR

Stockard Channing

VOICE OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Campbell Scott

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Judy Hyman

MUSIC MIXING

Jeff Claus

CONSULTING PRODUCER

Laurence Cotton

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Adrian Atwood

Rebecca Rideout

Emily Felder

SOUND BY

John Davis

ADDITIONAL SOUND BY

Mario Cardenas

Tami Coleman

Peter Deutscher

Michael McGrath

John O’Connor

Michael Silvestri

Jake Slaney

Andy Turrett

ANIMATION AND TITLE DESIGN

Amit Sethi

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Rebecca Arndt

REENACTMENT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Michael Bowes

REENACTMENT GAFFER

Ken Perham

REENACTMENT CINEMATOGRAPHER

Ken Willinger

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Fernanda Coppel

Brian Gutierrez

Mathew Manning

Knox White

SOUND DESIGN

Rikk Desgres

SPECIAL THANKS

Atlanta Olmsted Linear Park Alliance

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy

Central Park Conservancy

Chicago Park District

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Historic Parks, Boston Parks and Recreation Department

Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy

National Association of Olmsted Parks

Prospect Park Alliance

Buffalo Touring Company

Margaret Dyson

Alan Banks

Michele Clark

Jennifer Richardson

Wayne Richardson

George Ickes

Iris Gestram

Thomas Herrera-Mishler

Mimi Zinniel

Sara Cedar Miller

LeeAnn Donnelly

Phoebe Wood

Sally Thorner and Brian Rosenfeld

David Schuyler

Iver Bernstein

David Pritchard

Dr. Jacqueline R. Hott

Robin Karson

Anne Spirn

Joel Tarr

Tamara Platkins Thornton

Anita Berrizbeitia

Leslie Butler

William Cronon

David Reynolds

Michael E. Zimmerman

ONLINE EDITOR

Steve Pequignot

POST AUDIO MIXER

John M. Davis

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

Rich Remsberg

ARCHIVES PROVIDED BY

American Antiquarian Society

Archives of the Frederick Law Olmsted Documentary Editing Projects, University

Archives and Special Collections, American University Library

Art Resource

Atlas Archive

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

The Biltmore Company

Boston History

Bridgeman Art Library

Brooklyn Historical Society

Buffalo Erie County Public Library

Buffalo History Museum

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy

Corbis

eFootage, LLC

Filson Historical Society

Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Getty Images

Global ImageWorks, LLC

Historic Film Archives, LLC

Historic New England

The Image Works

Kentucky Historical Society

Library of Congress

McLean Hospital

The Jim Mendola Collection

Museum of the City of New York

National Archives and Records Administration

National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

New York City Municipal Archives

New York Public Library

New York State Archives

New-York Historical Society

Philadelphia Free Library

Prospect Park Archives

Streamline Films, Inc.

Tacoma Public Library

The Image Works

University of Louisville Photo Archives

Leonard A. Walle

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

FOR WNED

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION

David C. Rotterman

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Phil Teibel

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Sufana Wajed

PROMOTION

Megan Wagner

PACKAGING EDITORS

Chris Bove

Chris Thomas

WEB DESIGN

Christy May

FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT

Lori Bannister

Martina Fern

OUTREACH

John Craig

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

John Grant

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America is a Co-Production of WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto and FlorentineFilms/Hott Productions, Inc. who are solely responsible for its content.

© 2014 WNYPBA

Larry Hott
Director Larry Hott at the Bow Bridge in Central Park.
Bethesda Fountain
Director Larry Hott at the Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NY.
Biltmore, Asheville, NC
Cinematographer Stephen McCarthy and director Larry Hott at Biltmore, Asheville, NC at dawn.
Larry Hott and Jason Longo
Director Larry Hott and cinematographer Jason Longo at Prospect Park.
Prospect Park
Director Larry Hott and cinematographer Jason Longo at Prospect Park.
Brookline, MA
Cinematographer Stephen McCarthy and director Larry Hott along the Emerald Necklace in Brookline, MA.

Website Produced by WNED PBS

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing Americais a co-production of WNED PBS, Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions Inc., made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation. With funding provided by HSBC, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and The C.E. & S. Foundation. With additional support from The Peter C. Cornell Trust and Mass Humanities.

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