Julian Fowles, a longtime film and television producer for broadcasting station Kcet and Esparza/Katz Productions, died in Miami, Florida on Saturday while recovering from a stroke. He was 76 years old.
Before his career in entertainment, Fowles was educated at Harvard Law School and began his career as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He afterwards served as a contract attorney for Universal, Columbia and 20th Century Fox.
Fowles changed track after a short stint in law, becoming an executive producer of local programming of public broadcasting station Kcet, where he produced Eleanor: In Her Own Words. The show eventually won a Los Angeles Area Emmy and was picked up by PBS for their American Playhouse Series.
He later won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding children’s program for producing Mark Twain And Me at Kcet. Fowles also co-wrote and co-produced The Light Stuff with Martin Kent. Twain...
Before his career in entertainment, Fowles was educated at Harvard Law School and began his career as an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He afterwards served as a contract attorney for Universal, Columbia and 20th Century Fox.
Fowles changed track after a short stint in law, becoming an executive producer of local programming of public broadcasting station Kcet, where he produced Eleanor: In Her Own Words. The show eventually won a Los Angeles Area Emmy and was picked up by PBS for their American Playhouse Series.
He later won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding children’s program for producing Mark Twain And Me at Kcet. Fowles also co-wrote and co-produced The Light Stuff with Martin Kent. Twain...
- 2/6/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Julian Fowles, a film and television producer who worked at Kcet and Esparza/Katz Productions, died in a hospital in Miami, Flor. on Saturday while recovering from a stroke. He was 76 years old.
Fowles’ death was confirmed to Variety by his colleague William Immerman.
Before operating in entertainment, Fowles graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. His legal career led him to California, where he began to work as a contract attorney in the legal departments of Universal, Columbia and 20th Century Fox.
Fowles eventually began to pursue his dream of producing, joining the local Los Angeles public broadcasting station Kcet as an executive producer of local programming. His credits include “Eleanor: In Her Own Words,” a one-woman show starring Lee Remick as Eleanor Roosevelt. “Eleanor” was the first local production to be picked up by PBS for the network’s “American Playhouse” series.
Fowles’ death was confirmed to Variety by his colleague William Immerman.
Before operating in entertainment, Fowles graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. His legal career led him to California, where he began to work as a contract attorney in the legal departments of Universal, Columbia and 20th Century Fox.
Fowles eventually began to pursue his dream of producing, joining the local Los Angeles public broadcasting station Kcet as an executive producer of local programming. His credits include “Eleanor: In Her Own Words,” a one-woman show starring Lee Remick as Eleanor Roosevelt. “Eleanor” was the first local production to be picked up by PBS for the network’s “American Playhouse” series.
- 2/6/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
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