Full Name Allan Maraynes Name Allan Maraynes Spouse(s) Bitsy Maraynes | Years active 1974–present Status married Role Television producer | |
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Education Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and Theatre from Queens College Occupation Documentary Filmmaker, Investigative Journalist, Television Producer, Writer-Director Awards News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Report in a News Magazine Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast Similar People Chris Hansen, David Corvo, John Hockenberry, Ann Curry, Keith Morrison | ||
Allan Lawrence Maraynes is an American documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, television producer, and writer. He is best known for his award-winning work on CBS’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s 20/20, and Dateline NBC.
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Education
Maraynes graduated from Queens College in 1972 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and Theatre, and in 1974 earned a Master’s in Film and Television from Loyola University (now the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television).
Professional career
Maraynes began his career in 1974 at CBS News where he soon landed at 60 Minutes, spending the better part of a decade working as a producer alongside famed correspondents, Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley. He generated major investigations, including a report into fuel tank hazards of the Ford Pinto, and produced nearly thirty segments, spanning everything from practices of the (then) little known Church of Scientology, to profiles of notable cultural figures like Robin Williams and George Steinbrenner.
After 60 Minutes he was Co-Executive Producer of an ABC Entertainment pilot "SST." Maraynes then spent several years at ABC’s 20/20, where he served as both producer and senior investigative producer, generating investigations into many pressing social issues, such as hotel security, the state of the mentally ill in prisons, and crime in nursing homes.
In 1996 he joined Dateline NBC as a Senior Investigative Producer. Among the stories he originated and/or supervised are investigations into airport security lapses (five years before the attacks of September 11, 2001), a hidden camera investigation into official corruption in the ranks of Louisiana police officers, a report on dangerous, sudden acceleration in Ford automobiles, and investigations into child labor in American agriculture and the Indian silk business. Maraynes also played a major role in the creation, design, writing, and success of several internal Dateline franchises, including the long-running series, “To Catch a Predator”. Most recently, he originated and supervised a Peabody AwardWinning hour (as part of NBC News' In Plain Sight initiative): “Breathless”, which exposed the national epidemic of childhood asthma and its link to poverty.
Maraynes has guest lectured at the New School in New York, New York University, the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Tufts University.
Personal life
Allan has been married for 38 years to Bitsy Maraynes. They have three children together.
Awards & Honors
George Foster Peabody Award
Alfred I. Dupont Award
Overseas Press Club
George Polk Award
Emmy
Sigma Delta Chi Award
Gerald Loeb Award
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards
Edward R. Murrow Award (R.T.N.D.A.)
The Gracie Award (Alliance for Women In Media)
Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism (U. of Maryland)