Cort Casady is a multifaceted individual with a profound impact in the television and documentary industry. Born in McAllen, Texas, he spent his formative years in San Diego, California, before moving to Los Angeles and graduating from Harvard University.
Throughout his illustrious career, Casady has accumulated numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards. He received a prime-time Emmy for the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award Tribute to Mel Brooks in 2014 and a New York Emmy for "New York at Night starring Clint Holmes," a daily, live, variety-talk series he created and executive produced for WOR Studios, NY in 1992.
Furthermore, Casady has won three NAACP Image Awards for televised musical documentary tributes to Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Lionel Richie, respectively. His remarkable career has also seen him create original story and characters for the five-part TV movie mini-series, "Kenny Rogers as the Gambler," which aired from 1980 to 1994.
As a seasoned live broadcast and live event producer, Cort has written, produced, and helped create numerous music, variety, awards, documentary specials, and series, including "Star Search" and television's first weekly environmental series, "Network Earth," which aired for five years on TBS.
In addition to his professional accomplishments, Casady is also a talented playwright and author. He co-wrote the musical play, "King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story," and published his memoir, "Not Your Father's America," in 2023.
Casady is a devoted father of triplets, with his sons Braden and Jackson being graduates of the University of Virginia, and his son Carter, a graduate of Cornell University, holding a Master's and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He and his wife, Barbara, an interior designer, reside on the Palos Verdes Peninsula near Los Angeles, California.
