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

1. American Experience (1988) — Director
2. The West (1996) — Director
3. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History (2023) — Director
4. 1964 (2014) — Director
5. The Big Burn (2015) — Director
6. Roads to Memphis (2010) — Director
7. Grand Coulee Dam (2017) — Director
8. Lindbergh (1990) — Director
9. Seabiscuit (2003) — Director
10. Custer's Last Stand (2012) — Director
11. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City (2005) — Director
12. The Great War (2017) — Director
13. Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes (2019) — Director
14. Amato: A Love Affair with Opera (2001) — Director
15. Reporting America at War (2003) — Director
16. The Great War (2017) — Director
17. Sealab (2019) — Director
18. Panama Canal (2011) — Director
19. Kit Carson (2008) — Director
20. New Orleans (2007) — Director
21. Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (2013) — Director
22. Citizen Hearst (2021) — Director

Also appeared in

1. American Experience (1988) — Himself - Director