Russell Morash (February 11, 1936 – June 19, 2024) was an American public television producer and director. Morash's many educational television programs including The French Chef, The Victory Garden, This Old House, and The New Yankee Workshop, were produced through WGBH and aired on PBS.
His work earned fourteen Emmy Awards, and he was the 2014 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy awards.
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Early life
Russell Fredrick Morash, Jr. was born on February 11, 1936, in Belmont, Massachusetts. He grew up in Lexington along with his twin brother David and younger sister Ruth. Morash's father, Russell F. Morash, Sr. was a carpenter and builder while his mother, Naomi Lingley Morash, a secretary. In 1957, Morash graduated from the Boston University College of Fine Arts.
