
Directing
Stephen Ives
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.”
Directed Films

6.9
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
2023·Documentary

9.0
Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
2019·Documentary

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Sealab
2019·Documentary

6.0
Grand Coulee Dam
2017·History

7.0
The Great War
2017·Documentary

7.5
The Big Burn
2015·History

6.4
1964
2014·History

7.0
Custer's Last Stand
2012·Documentary

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Panama Canal
2011·Documentary

8.0
Roads to Memphis
2010·Documentary

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Kit Carson
2008·Documentary

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New Orleans
2007·Documentary

7.0
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005·History

8.0
Seabiscuit
2003·Documentary

7.0
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
2001·Documentary

7.0
Lindbergh
1990·Documentary