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Stephen Ives

Producer, Director, Writer
Stephen Ives has directed some of the most-watched films in the history of public television. His work has also appeared on HBO, in major film festivals across the country, and on the front page of the New York Times digital edition.

His landmark series The West was seen by more than 38 million people nationwide during its PBS premiere. Caryn James of the New York Times wrote that The West was “fiercely and brilliantly rooted in fact. . . ,” and The New York Daily News called the programs a “breathtakingly beautiful series of films. . . that make riveting TV.”
Known For
  • The Civil War
  • The West
  • American Experience
  • Into the Canyon
  • The Congress
  • Faces of America
  • American Experience: The Big Burn
  • Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
  • American Veteran
  • Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes

Filmography

2023
2022
Free Money · as Executive Producer
2021
Ailey · as Executive Producer
2019
2016
2010
Faces of America (TV Series)
1996
The West (TV Series)
1994
Baseball (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer
1990
The Civil War (TV Series)
1989
1987
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

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