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Stephen Ives
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…
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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.”
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2026
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Movie Producer
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2021
Citizen Hearst
TV show Director
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2021
Ailey
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
Movie Director
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2019
Sealab
Movie Director
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2017
Grand Coulee Dam
Movie Director
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2017
The Great War
TV show Writer
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2016
Space Men
Movie Producer
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2015
The Big Burn
Movie Director
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2014
1964
Movie Director
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2013
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
TV show Director
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2012
Custer's Last Stand
Movie Director
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2011
Panama Canal
Movie Director
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2010
Roads to Memphis
Movie Director
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2008
Kit Carson
Movie Director
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2007
New Orleans
Movie Director
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2005
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
Movie Director
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2003
Reporting America at War
TV show Director
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2003
Seabiscuit
Movie Director
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2001
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Movie Director
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1996
The West
TV show Director
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1994
Baseball
TV show Consulting Producer
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1990
Lindbergh
Movie Director
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1990
The Civil War
TV show Producer
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1988
American Experience
TV show Himself - Director
