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CATHERINE TATGE (Director) is a producer and director of film and television, and a partner with her husband Dominique Lasseur in Tatge/Lasseur Productions. For over 25 years, her work has encompassed many genres, from public affairs, performance, and dance, to biographies and the world of ideas.

In 1988, she received an Emmy Award for her work as producer and director of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. Her talent for translating intellectual material to the screen includes numerous works about spirit and the human condition - including her newest series, The Question of God, which premiered on PBS in September 2004.

Her documentary films about creative genius include biographical portraits of Stella Adler, Martha Graham, Nadine Gordimer, Barbara Hendricks, Robert Motherwell, Dawn Upshaw, Derek Walcott, Tennessee Williams, and William Wyler. And her dance productions include notable collaborations with Alvin Ailey, American Indian Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine, the Central Ballet of China, Katherine Dunham, Bill T. Jones, Natalia Makarova, Pilobolus, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. Ms. Tatge brought her vast dance-film experience to the world of feature films and produced the New York City Ballet version of The Nutcracker, released by Warner Brothers.

Her arts documentaries include Art of the 21st Century, a PBS series about contemporary artists; Rings of Passion: Five Emotions in World Art, produced and directed with J. Carter Brown; and the IBM-funded series, The Creative Spirit.

Tatge's close working relationship with Bill Moyers led to many projects: the ten-hour Genesis: A Living Conversation; the two-hour special Fooling with Words and the series Sounds of Poetry, both documenting the largest poetry event in the United States; the special What Can We Do About Violence?; three programs on the nature of hate - Beyond Hate, Facing Hate with Elie Wiesel, and Hate on Trial; and numerous interviews on Moyers: A World of Ideas.

In non-Moyers programming with related themes, she directed the television adaptation of Elizabeth Swados' musical theater work The Hating Pot - about the perpetuation of racial and religious intolerance - and Breaking the Silence, about domestic violence.

Tatge was commissioned by the Congress of the United States to direct and produce an historical overview of the U.S. Congress, shown where party leaders and more than 300 U.S. representatives gathered to explore ways of restoring civility to the halls of Congress.

Among the series producers and networks with whom she has produced are PBS' American Masters, Great Performances, and Alive TV series; Amaya Distribution; ARTE; BBC; Bravo; Caméras Continentales; France 3, and Ovation. Ms. Tatge has been honored with numerous awards including an Emmy Award, The DuPont Columbia Award, The ACE Award, The Humanitas Prize, The Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award, and The San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award, among many others.

SHANE PALUSI SEGGAR (Producer) is currently a producer with Combat Films & Research (CF&R) a think-tank that uses film and video as its primary source of research, and is currently working as producer on Beyond the Border, a 6-part series designed to take viewers beyond the borders of their world-view in topics dealing with gender, politics, war, policy, geography, art, etc. Seggar has been a public television documentary producer since 1997. He is producer/director of Le Afi Ua Mu: The Fire is Burning a film funded by PIC/CPB which examines the reasons why Samoan youth join gangs once they emigrate to the United States.

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Home About the Film >> Lesson Plans E-cards Airdates Resources Purchase		About the Film \| Filmmaker Bios\| Film Credits \|Web Credits Filmmaker Bios CATHERINE TATGE (Director) is a producer and director of film and television, and a partner with her husband Dominique Lasseur in Tatge/Lasseur Productions. For over 25 years, her work has encompassed many genres, from public affairs, performance, and dance, to biographies and the world of ideas. In 1988, she received an Emmy Award for her work as producer and director of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. Her talent for translating intellectual material to the screen includes numerous works about spirit and the human condition - including her newest series, The Question of God, which premiered on PBS in September 2004. Her documentary films about creative genius include biographical portraits of Stella Adler, Martha Graham, Nadine Gordimer, Barbara Hendricks, Robert Motherwell, Dawn Upshaw, Derek Walcott, Tennessee Williams, and William Wyler. And her dance productions include notable collaborations with Alvin Ailey, American Indian Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine, the Central Ballet of China, Katherine Dunham, Bill T. Jones, Natalia Makarova, Pilobolus, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. Ms. Tatge brought her vast dance-film experience to the world of feature films and produced the New York City Ballet version of The Nutcracker, released by Warner Brothers. Her arts documentaries include Art of the 21st Century, a PBS series about contemporary artists; Rings of Passion: Five Emotions in World Art, produced and directed with J. Carter Brown; and the IBM-funded series, The Creative Spirit. Tatge's close working relationship with Bill Moyers led to many projects: the ten-hour Genesis: A Living Conversation; the two-hour special Fooling with Words and the series Sounds of Poetry, both documenting the largest poetry event in the United States; the special What Can We Do About Violence?; three programs on the nature of hate - Beyond Hate, Facing Hate with Elie Wiesel, and Hate on Trial; and numerous interviews on Moyers: A World of Ideas. In non-Moyers programming with related themes, she directed the television adaptation of Elizabeth Swados' musical theater work The Hating Pot - about the perpetuation of racial and religious intolerance - and Breaking the Silence, about domestic violence. Tatge was commissioned by the Congress of the United States to direct and produce an historical overview of the U.S. Congress, shown where party leaders and more than 300 U.S. representatives gathered to explore ways of restoring civility to the halls of Congress. Among the series producers and networks with whom she has produced are PBS' American Masters, Great Performances, and Alive TV series; Amaya Distribution; ARTE; BBC; Bravo; Caméras Continentales; France 3, and Ovation. Ms. Tatge has been honored with numerous awards including an Emmy Award, The DuPont Columbia Award, The ACE Award, The Humanitas Prize, The Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award, and The San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award, among many others. SHANE PALUSI SEGGAR (Producer) is currently a producer with Combat Films & Research (CF&R) a think-tank that uses film and video as its primary source of research, and is currently working as producer on Beyond the Border, a 6-part series designed to take viewers beyond the borders of their world-view in topics dealing with gender, politics, war, policy, geography, art, etc. Seggar has been a public television documentary producer since 1997. He is producer/director of Le Afi Ua Mu: The Fire is Burning a film funded by PIC/CPB which examines the reasons why Samoan youth join gangs once they emigrate to the United States. About (PIC) Pacific Islanders in Communications Pacific Islanders in Communications supports, advances, and develops Pacific Island media content and talent that results in a deeper understanding of Pacific Island history, culture, and contemporary challenges. The organizations funds and distributes film, video, and new media to the broadest possible audience, and supports media talent through scholarships, training, and professional development. PIC's goals are to support the development of national public broadcast programming that enhances public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islander history, culture, and society; to support the development of indigenous Pacific Islanders as creators of broadcast and new media programming; to support opportunities to promote film, video, and new media product and programming for public broadcast, exhibits, and screenings of PIC-sponsored projects; and to cultivate new audiences for Pacific Islander media content through promotions, exhibitions, and community outreach. PIC was established in Honolulu in 1991 as a national nonprofit media arts corporation. PIC is member of the National Minority Consortia, which collectively addresses the need for programming that reflects America's growing ethnic and cultural diversity. Other Consortia members serve the Asian American, Latino, Black, and Native American populations. Over the past years, Consortia members have provided hundreds of hours of culturally-diverse programs to PBS. Primary funding for PIC and the Consortia is provided through an annual grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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