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 21
2020s
- 2023
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Director
- 2021
Citizen Hearst
Director
2010s
- 2019
Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
Director
Sealab
Director
- 2017
Grand Coulee Dam
Director
The Great War
Director
- 2015
The Big Burn
Director
- 2014
1964
Director
- 2013
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
Director
- 2012
Custer's Last Stand
Director
- 2011
Panama Canal
Director
- 2010
Roads to Memphis
Director
2000s
- 2008
Kit Carson
Director
- 2007
New Orleans
Director
- 2005
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
Director
- 2003
Reporting America at War
Director
- 2001
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Director
1990s
- 1996
The West
Director
- 1990
Lindbergh
Director
1980s
- 1988
Produced 11
2020s
- 2026
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
One Last Order
Executive Producer
- 2023
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Producer
- 2021
Ailey
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2016
Space Men
Producer
2000s
- 2003
Reporting America at War
Producer
- 2001
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Producer
1990s
- 1994
- 1990
Lindbergh
Producer
Wrote 9
2020s
- 2023
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Writer
- 2021
Citizen Hearst
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
Writer
- 2017
The Great War
Writer
- 2015
The Big Burn
Writer
- 2014
1964
Writer
- 2012
Custer's Last Stand
Writer
1990s
- 1996
The West
Writer
1980s
- 1988
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2017
Grand Coulee Dam
Script