Person
Rick Sebak
Acting · Born 1953-06-05 · Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Biography
Rick Sebak is an American public broadcasting television producer, writer and narrator who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Rick makes unusual television programs. His slightly wacky documentaries celebrate various aspects of modern American life and the unexpected charms of Pittsburgh. Audiences have learned to recognize his friendly narrative style and the unusual topics that he obviously loves. Sebak is the creator of the "scrapbook documentary" genre, many of which he has created for WQED and PBS. This scrapbook style incorporates lots of old films, home movies, postcards, old photos and memorabilia of all sorts. Rick does not appear on-camera in these programs, but audiences have learned to recognize his voice and distinctive narrative style.
Known for
Shore Things
Narrator
A Hot Dog Program
Narrator
no more room in hell
Broadcast announcer
Things That Aren't There Anymore
Narrator
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Producer
George Romero & the City of the Living Dead
Producer
Sandwiches That You Will Like
Narrator
Miss Springmaid
Narrator
A Flea Market Documentary
Narrator
A Cemetery Special
Narrator
Filmography
- 2023no more room in hellBroadcast announcer
- 2016Miss SpringmaidNarrator
- 2016Return to Downtown PittsburghNarrator
- 2015A Few Good Pie PlacesNarrator
- 2015A Few Great BakeriesNarrator
- 2013Why Do You Live in Pittsburgh?
- 2013North Side Sandwiches
- 2013Squirrel Hill Tunnels
- 2013The Joys of Millvale
- 2013Gingerbread Lane
- 2013What Makes Rick Tick?
- 2012Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the OmeletsNarrator
- 2012Pittsburgh From the Air II(Narrator)
- 201225 Things I Like About PittsburghDirector
- 2011Pittsburgh From the Air(Narrator)
- 2011It's Pittsburgh & A Lot of Other Stuff: Best of Season One
- 2010Breakfast SpecialNarrator
- 2008A Ride Along the Lincoln HighwayNarrator
- 2008Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in PittsburghNarrator
- 2007To Market To Market To Buy A Fat PigNarrator
- 2007Underground PittsburghNarrator
- 2006What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?Narrator
- 2006South SideRick Sebak
- 2005A Cemetery SpecialNarrator
- 2004A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside StuffNarrator
- 2004Fred Rogers: America's Favorite NeighborProducer
- 2002Happy Holidays in PittsburghNarrator
- 2002Sandwiches That You Will LikeNarrator
- 2001Pittsburgh A to ZNarrator
- 2001A Flea Market DocumentaryNarrator
- 2000Something About OaklandNarrator
- 1999Things That are Still Here
- 1999Great Old Amusement ParksNarrator
- 1997North Side StoryNarrator
- 1996Shore ThingsNarrator
- 1996A Hot Dog ProgramNarrator
- 1996An Ice Cream ShowNarrator
- 1996The Strip ShowNarrator
- 1994It's the NeighborhoodsNarrator
- 1994Houses Around HereNarrator
- 1994Stuff That's GoneDirector
- 1993Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside RestaurantsNarrator
- 1992The Pennsylvania Road ShowNarrator
- 1992Downtown PittsburghNarrator
- 1991George Romero & the City of the Living DeadProducer
- 1990Flying Off the Bridge to NowhereNarrator
- 1990Things That Aren't There AnymoreNarrator
- 1989Holy Pittsburgh!Narrator
- 1988Kennywood MemoriesNarrator
- 1988The Mon, The Al & The ONarrator
- 1987ShagWriter
- 1986Slightly Wacky Aussie DocoProducer
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