Perry Miller Adato (1920-2018) was an American documentary film producer, director, and writer whose work focused primarily on other artists. The subjects of her work included poets Gertrude Stein and Carl Sandburg and painters Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe.

KNOWN FOR

American Playhouse
1982
American Masters
1986
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From Philadelphia
1977
The Great Radio Comedians
1971
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
1982
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Art of the Western World
Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate
1978
Gertrude Stein: When You See This, Remember Me
1970
Great Tales in Asian Art
1995
Georgia O'Keeffe
1977

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
10
Writing
1
Producing
5
2010
Paris: The Luminous Years
Director
1995
Great Tales in Asian Art
Director
1986
American Masters
Director
1982
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Director
1982
American Playhouse
Director
1978
Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate
Director
1977
Georgia O'Keeffe
Director
1977
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From Philadelphia
Director
1971
The Great Radio Comedians
Director
1970
Gertrude Stein: When You See This, Remember Me
Director