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.”
Crew

Sealab
Director

Roads to Memphis
Director

Panama Canal
Director

Citizen Hearst
Writer, Director

Grand Coulee Dam
Director, Script

1964
Writer, Director

Space Men
Producer

Lindbergh
Director, Producer

Kit Carson
Director

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Director, Producer, Writer

Seabiscuit
Director

The Big Burn
Director, Writer

Custer's Last Stand
Director, Writer

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

New Orleans
Director

The Great War
Writer, Director

Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
Director, Writer

Ailey
Executive Producer

Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Director, Producer
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer