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Chip Rives
Chip Rives was practically born at the Houston Astrodome. Certainly grew up there, and endured many of his most cherished life experiences there. It was also there, in this multi-…
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Chip Rives was practically born at the Houston Astrodome. Certainly grew up there, and endured many of his most cherished life experiences there. It was also there, in this multi-colored national treasure, where his passion for sports - and storytelling - truly emerged. And, unfortunately, it's also where as a kid he learned that if he wanted to be involved in sports, it wasn't gonna be on the field. So he began writing. In 2015, his life came full circle when he produced MLB Network's 8th Wonder of the World - a documentary honoring 50 years of Houston's iconic Astrodome. Before and after, he's gone on to do other awesome things in and out of the sports television world. He's won Six Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and an NACCP award. His numerous broadcast documentary credits include ESPN 30 for 30's Brian and the Boz, and Phi Slama Jama, History's Alcatraz: Search for the Truth, Discovery's Ghosts of Bataan, CBS Sports' History in the Astrodome and History's The 44th President: In His Own Words. He also produced and wrote the critically acclaimed Jazz documentary film, Chops. When he's not traveling for his latest production, you find Chip at home in Austin...probably on his back porch, watching his beloved Astros.
Filmography
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2026
Cocktail Wars
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
The Warfighters: Battle Stories
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Thunder On: Resurgence of the SMU Mustangs
Movie Director
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2025
Wishbone
Movie Director
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2025
The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets
TV show Co-Executive Producer
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2025
How I Escaped My Cult
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
New York Post Presents: Luigi Mangione Monster or Martyr?
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Chopper Cops
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
How I Caught My Killer
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Giant Killers: The Story of the Lady Longhorns
Movie Director
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2022
1883: The Road West
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams
Movie Director
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2020
Music's Greatest Mysteries
TV show Director
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2020
History's Greatest Mysteries
TV show Co-Executive Producer
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2019
Strange World
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
TV show Co-Executive Producer
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2017
The Dark Files
Movie Writer
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2016
Phi Slama Jama
Movie Director
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2015
Inside Alcatraz: Legends of the Rock
Movie Producer
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2014
Brian and the Boz
Movie Executive Producer
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2009
30 for 30
TV show Director
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1999
Secretariat
Movie Director
