Directed credits
15
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Stephen Ives
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 5All crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 209939
IMDb ID: nm0412350
Known for: Directing
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
Wikidata: Q7609554
Frequent jobs
Director (15)Writer (5)Producer (3)Executive Producer (2)Consulting Producer (1)Script (1)
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.”
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Stephen Ives.
Director
Sealab
2019 • Movie
Director
1964
2014 • Movie
Director
Panama Canal
2011 • Movie
Director
Roads to Memphis
2010 • Movie
Director
Kit Carson
2008 • Movie
Director
New Orleans
2007 • Movie
Director
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005 • Movie
Director
Seabiscuit
2003 • Movie
Director
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
2001 • Movie
Director
Lindbergh
1990 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Stephen Ives.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Stephen Ives.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Stephen Ives.
Director
New Orleans
2007 • Movie
Executive Producer
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026 • Movie
Director
Seabiscuit
2003 • Movie
Writer
The Great War
2017 • Movie
Director
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005 • Movie
Director
Lindbergh
1990 • Movie
Script
Grand Coulee Dam
2017 • Movie
Director
Kit Carson
2008 • Movie
Executive Producer
Ailey
2021 • Movie
Writer
The Big Burn
2015 • Movie
Writer
Custer's Last Stand
2012 • Movie
Director
Panama Canal
2011 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Stephen Ives.
Director • 5 eps
American Experience
1988 • Series
Producer • 9 eps
The Civil War
1990 • Series
Consulting Producer • 9 eps
Baseball
1994 • Series
Director • 9 eps
The West
1996 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
The Great War
2017 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Citizen Hearst
2021 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
2013 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Reporting America at War
2003 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Stephen Ives.
Executive Producer
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026 • Movie
Producer
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
2023 • Movie
Executive Producer
Ailey
2021 • Movie
Writer
Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes
2019 • Movie
Script
Grand Coulee Dam
2017 • Movie
Writer
The Great War
2017 • Movie
Producer
Space Men
2016 • Movie
Writer
The Big Burn
2015 • Movie
Writer
Custer's Last Stand
2012 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Stephen Ives.
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Stephen Ives.