Erik Barnouw (*1908, in Den Haag; † 2001 in Fair Haven, Vermont, USA) was an american media historian. Barnouw was professor at Columbia University in New York. He is best known for his great history of american television, his history of documentary films and for his film about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since 1983 the Organization of American Historians awards the Erik Barnouw Award for films about american history.
books (selection)
- A Tower in Babel: To 1933 (History of Broadcasting), Oxford University Press 1967
- The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate, Oxford University Press 1978, new edition 2005
- with S. Krishnaswamy, Indian film, second edition, Oxford University Press 1980
- The Golden Web: 1933-1953 (History of Broadcasting),Oxford University Press 1985
- International Encyclopedia of Communications, Oxford University Press 1989
- Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television, Oxford University Press 1976, updated edition 1992
- Documentary. A History of the Non-Fiction Film, Oxford University Press, updated edition, 1993
- Media Marathon, Duke University Press 1996 - Autobiography
- Media Lost and Found, Fordham University Press 2001
Films
- Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945, 1970
this compilation film uses material shot by the japanese shortly after the bombing as well as american footage.
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