Rick Sebak
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.
Houses Around Here
(Narrator)
No More Room in Hell
(Broadcast announcer)
Pittsburgh From the Air II
((Narrator))
Pittsburgh From the Air
((Narrator))
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Narrator)
An Ice Cream Show
(Narrator)
A Hot Dog Program
(Narrator)
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
(Narrator)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Narrator)
Kennywood Memories
(Narrator)
Breakfast Special
(Narrator)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Narrator)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Narrator)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Narrator)
The Strip Show
(Narrator)
Shore Things
(Narrator)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Narrator)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Narrator)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Narrator)
A Cemetery Special
(Narrator)
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
(Narrator)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Narrator)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Narrator)
Something About Oakland
(Narrator)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Narrator)
North Side Story
(Narrator)
The Mon, The Al & The O
(Narrator)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Narrator)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Narrator)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Narrator)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Narrator)
North Side Story
(Director)
North Side Story
(Writer)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Producer)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Director)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Director)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Director)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Writer)
The Mon, The Al & The O
(Director)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Writer)
Something About Oakland
(Writer)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Writer)
Something About Oakland
(Director)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Director)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Writer)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Writer)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Director)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Producer)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Producer)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Producer)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Director)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Writer)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Director)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Director)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Director)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Producer)
South Side
(Director)
Houses Around Here
(Producer)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Writer)
An Ice Cream Show
(Writer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Director)
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
(Producer)
Stuff That's Gone
(Director)
Kennywood Memories
(Director)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Director)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Director)
Breakfast Special
(Director)
An Ice Cream Show
(Director)
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
(Director)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Director)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Writer)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Producer)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Director)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Writer)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Director)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Writer)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Producer)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Producer)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Producer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Writer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Producer)
Kennywood Memories
(Producer)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Kennywood Memories
(Writer)
The Strip Show
(Producer)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Director)
The Strip Show
(Director)
A Cemetery Special
(Writer)
The Strip Show
(Writer)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Writer)
A Cemetery Special
(Producer)
A Cemetery Special
(Director)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Director)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Producer)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Writer)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Producer)
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
(Producer)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Writer)
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
(Writer)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Writer)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Director)
Breakfast Special
(Producer)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Producer)
Breakfast Special
(Writer)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Writer)
An Ice Cream Show
(Producer)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Director)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Producer)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Director)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Shore Things
(Director)
Shore Things
(Producer)
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
(Director)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Director)
25 Things I Like About Pittsburgh
(Director)