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
((Narrator))
Pittsburgh From the Air II
((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)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Narrator)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
The Strip Show
(Narrator)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Narrator)
Breakfast Special
(Narrator)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Narrator)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Narrator)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Narrator)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Narrator)
Shore Things
(Narrator)
A Cemetery Special
(Narrator)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Narrator)
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
(Narrator)
Something About Oakland
(Narrator)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Narrator)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Narrator)
North Side Story
(Narrator)
The Mon, The Al & The O
(Narrator)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Narrator)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Narrator)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Narrator)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Narrator)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Narrator)
South Side
(Rick Sebak)
Things That are Still Here
Why Do You Live in Pittsburgh?
North Side Sandwiches
Squirrel Hill Tunnels
The Joys of Millvale
Gingerbread Lane
What Makes Rick Tick?
It's Pittsburgh & A Lot of Other Stuff: Best of Season One
Miss Springmaid
(Narrator)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Director)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Writer)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Director)
Something About Oakland
(Writer)
North Side Story
(Writer)
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
(Director)
The Mon, The Al & The O
(Director)
North Side Story
(Director)
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
(Writer)
Something About Oakland
(Director)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Producer)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Director)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Director)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Writer)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Writer)
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Holy Pittsburgh!
(Producer)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Writer)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Director)
The Pennsylvania Road Show
(Writer)
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
(Producer)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Producer)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Director)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Underground Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
(Director)
It's the Neighborhoods
(Director)
South Side
(Director)
Houses Around Here
(Producer)
An Ice Cream Show
(Writer)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Writer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Director)
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
(Producer)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Director)
An Ice Cream Show
(Director)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Director)
Kennywood Memories
(Director)
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
(Director)
Stuff That's Gone
(Director)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Director)
Breakfast Special
(Director)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Writer)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Producer)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Writer)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Director)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Writer)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Director)
A Few Great Bakeries
(Producer)
A Few Good Pie Places
(Producer)
Kennywood Memories
(Producer)
Kennywood Memories
(Writer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Writer)
A Hot Dog Program
(Producer)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Producer)
Things That Aren't There Anymore
(Writer)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Director)
The Strip Show
(Director)
The Strip Show
(Writer)
Downtown Pittsburgh
(Writer)
The Strip Show
(Producer)
A Cemetery Special
(Producer)
Great Old Amusement Parks
(Director)
A Cemetery Special
(Director)
A Cemetery Special
(Writer)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Writer)
A Flea Market Documentary
(Producer)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Producer)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Director)
Sandwiches That You Will Like
(Writer)
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
(Producer)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Writer)
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
(Writer)
Breakfast Special
(Writer)
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
(Producer)
Breakfast Special
(Producer)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Writer)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Writer)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Producer)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Director)
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
(Director)
Pittsburgh A to Z
(Producer)
An Ice Cream Show
(Producer)
Shore Things
(Director)
Shore Things
(Producer)
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
(Director)
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
(Director)
25 Things I Like About Pittsburgh
(Director)
Slightly Wacky Aussie Doco
(Producer)
George Romero & the City of the Living Dead
(Producer)
Shag
(Writer)
Shag
(Producer)