Person
Stephen Ives
Directing
Biography
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
American Experience
Himself - Director
Baseball
Consulting Producer
The Civil War
Producer
The West
Director
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
New Orleans
Director
The Great War
Writer
Seabiscuit
Director
Citizen Hearst
Director
Ailey
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezExecutive Producer
- 2023Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret HistoryDirector
- 2021Citizen HearstDirector
- 2021AileyExecutive Producer
- 2019Beatrix Farrand's American LandscapesDirector
- 2019SealabDirector
- 2017Grand Coulee DamDirector
- 2017The Great WarWriter
- 2017The Great WarWriter
- 2016Space MenProducer
- 2015The Big BurnDirector
- 20141964Writer
- 2013Constitution USA with Peter SagalDirector
- 2012Custer's Last StandDirector
- 2011Panama CanalDirector
- 2010Roads to MemphisDirector
- 2008Kit CarsonDirector
- 2007New OrleansDirector
- 2005Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin CityDirector
- 2003Reporting America at WarDirector
- 2003SeabiscuitDirector
- 2001Amato: A Love Affair with OperaDirector
- 1996The WestDirector
- 1994BaseballConsulting Producer
- 1990LindberghDirector
- 1990The Civil WarProducer
- 1988American ExperienceHimself - Director
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