
Director
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 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

The West
Director · 1996

American Experience
Director · 1988

Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
Director · 2019

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Director · 2023

The Big Burn
Director · 2015

Seabiscuit
Director · 2003

Roads to Memphis
Director · 2010

1964
Director · 2014

Lindbergh
Director · 1990

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

Reporting America at War
Director · 2003

Custer's Last Stand
Director · 2012

The Great War
Director · 2017

Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Director · 2001

Grand Coulee Dam
Director · 2017

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
Director · 2013

Panama Canal
Director · 2011

Citizen Hearst
Director · 2021