Robert Kotlowitz (November 21, 1924 - August 25, 2012) was a television producer, documentary filmmaker, and writer.
He sailed from New York Harbor on August 27, 1944, on the SS Brazil as part of a convoy of up to 100 ships.
[3] After the war, Kotlowitz studied at Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore.
[4] While at WNET/THIRTEEN, Kotlowitz helped created a number of influential shows such as The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (later renamed PBS NewsHour), Live at the Met, Dance in America and Brideshead Revisited.
[1] The shows Kotlowitz helped create "deeply influenced PBS programming" and have been called by The New York Times a "high-water mark in American television.