About

I'm a TV and documentary writer-producer, songwriter, playwright, and author. I have won two Emmy Awards and three NAACP Image Awards for my work as a writer-producer in television.

I began my TV writing career by creating the story and characters for a five-installment movie mini-series called "Kenny Rogers as The Gambler." In addition to writing and producing numerous series, awards shows, tributes, and specials, I helped format and launch the long-running talent competition, "Star Search" with Ed McMahon, the forerunner of "American Idol."

Since 2003, I've been privileged to serve as supervising producer of the "American Film Institute Life Achievement Award" tributes to America's leading actors and filmmakers, including AFI's tributes to Diane Keaton in 2017, George Clooney in 2018, Denzel Washington in 2019, and Julie Andrews in 2022 (after being delayed for two years by COVID).

My first CD, "Cort Casady About Time" can be found on YouTube. I've had songs recorded by Crystal Gayle, Jessie Colter, and Marshall Chapman and commissioned for the films "Electric Horseman" and "Honeysuckle Rose" as well as several TV pilots. I'm the co-author with Mary Miller of a musical play, "King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story," which had its world premiere at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, CA in 2017.

My memoir, "Not Your Father's America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed," will be available for purchase on January 17, 2023 from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and independent bookstores nationwide.

Featured Work

Not Your Father's America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed

2023

A compelling and humorous family story that combines two narratives: one is an account of the emotional struggle to have a family, the shock of having triplets, and the challenge of raising them; the other is a timely and insightful commentary on changes taking place in the America the triplets are inheriting,

Other Works

Awards and Recognition

  • Prime Time Emmy Award - Outstanding Variety Special, "AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks," 2013-2014, Supervising Producer
  • NAACP Image Award - Outstanding Variety Series or Special, "An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie," 2011, Producer
  • NAAP Image Award - Outstanding Variety Series or Special, "An Evening of Stars Tribute to Smokey Robinson," 2009, Producer
  • NAACP Image Award - Outstanding Variety Series or Special, "An Evening of Stars Tribute to Stevie Wonder," 2007, Producer
  • New York Emmy Award - Outstanding Entertainment Program, "New York at Night Starring Clint Holmes," 1992, Executive Producer