Richard Kassebaum
Filmmaker
Intro | Filmmaker | ||||
was | Filmmaker | ||||
Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||
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Birth | 15 November 1960, Wichita | ||||
Death | 27 August 2008Knoxville (aged 47 years) | ||||
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Richard Kassebaum (November 15, 1960 – August 27, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker. He is best remembered for producing television documentaries, including the 2002 award-winning Limited Series Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century. Born in Wichita, Kansas, Kassebaum was the son of Republican Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum. Kassebaum graduated from Maize High School in Maize, Kansas. He received his bachelor's degree in radio and television from Kansas State University and did graduated work in the film school at the University of Southern California. He died from a brain tumor on August 27, 2008 in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of 47.