Sarah Frank
Member
of the Supervisory Board
Sarah Frank, an American national, was born on June 25, 1946. For over thirty years Mrs. Frank has been an important player in the United States and international television industries and in particular in the production and distribution of entertainment and educational programs.
From 1990 to 1997, Mrs. Frank was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BBC Worldwide Americas, the subsidiary of British television channel BBC for North and South America. She spearheaded the company’s growth in the United States by furthering the distribution activities and by developing several cable networks and contributed to the increase of the channel’s annual revenues from 9 to more than 80 million dollars in the same period of time. Called “the face of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United States” by The New York Times , Mrs. Frank raised the BBC’s name to new prominence within the American industry as well as among viewers, increasing the BBC brand and value and contributing to its growth as well as to the development of consumer products such as home video, books, audio tapes and educational videos.
The influence and the professionalism of Mrs. Frank in the American audiovisual landscape have been greatly recognized and rewarded. In 1993, USA Today designated Mrs. Frank one of “Television’s 25 Most Powerful People”. In 1994, Mrs. Frank received the prestigious Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.
Mrs. Frank was Vice President and Director of Education at Thirteen/WNET New York, a public television’s flagship station in New York City, where she directed the educational programs of the station. She created a television series for teenagers to help them deal with the aftermath of September 11, 2001 and a web site for parents and teachers called Dealing with Tragedy. Mrs. Frank has contributed to the expansion of the National Teacher Training Institute, a nationwide program to train teachers to integrate technology into classroom curricula. Most recently she co-produced with WGBH They Made America, a documentary series based on the book by Sir Harold Evans.
Mrs. Frank serves on the Boards of The Foundation of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; Eugene Lang College, the Liberal Arts College of New School University; the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media; and is a member of the New York Women’s Forum
