Carl Byker
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Carl Byker is an American television producer
, writer, and director. As a producer Byker won the 1997 Emmy Award
(shared with Blaine Baggett and Jay Winter
) for The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
in the category of Outstanding Informational Series.
He has also won a PGA Award, as well as awards from the International Documentary Association
and from the Writers Guild of America
.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, writer, and director. As a producer Byker won the 1997 Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
(shared with Blaine Baggett and Jay Winter
Jay Winter
Jay M. Winter is an American historian. He is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University, where he focuses his research on World War I and its impact on the 20th century...
) for The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes....
in the category of Outstanding Informational Series.
He has also won a PGA Award, as well as awards from the International Documentary Association
International Documentary Association
International Documentary Association , founded in 1982, is a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking and video production makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the...
and from the Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions:* The Writers Guild of America, East , representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi....
.