Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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- The lost book of Nostradamus, produced by 1080 Entertainment for The History Channel ; supervising producers, Betty Buckley & Sarah Hollister ; written by Sarah Hollister ; directed by Kreg Lauterbach
- Mysteries of the Bible, soul catchers, A & E Home Video ; produced by Gayle Kirschenbaum ; produced by Multimedia Entertainment Inc. and Filmroos Inc. in association with A&E Network
- Katharine Hepburn, A & E Television Networks
- Benjamin Franklin
- Theodore Roosevelt, Roughrider to Rushmore, produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A & E Network ; produced by Arthur Drooker
- Most honorable son, a production of KDN Films ; co-produced with NET Television and the Independent Television Service ; produced in association with the Center for Asian American Media ; director/writer, Bill Kubota ; co-producer and writer, Ed Moore ; producer, Joel Geyer
- Eleanor Roosevelt, a restless spirit, A&E Television Networks ; a Hearst Metrotone production ; an HTV production ; produced by Caleb B. Stratton ; directed & produced by Harry Rasky ; narration & commentary written by Harry Rasky
- Shakespeare uncovered, the stories behind the bard's greatest plays, produced by Blakeway Productions, 116 Films, and Thirteen ; in association with the BBC and Shakespeare's Globe and ITV Global Entertainment Limited ; producer, Richard Denton ; series producer, Bill O'Donnell ; series directors, Richard Denton, Nicola Stockley, Janice Sutherland and John Holdsworth
- Tesla, American Experience Films ; written and produced by David Grubin ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a David Grubin Productions film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
- Dreams of Obama, a Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd ; producers, Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Paul Stekler and Mike Wiser ; writer and director, Michael Kirk
- Napoleon, a production of David Grubin Productions in association with PBS, Docstar, and Devillier Donegan Enterprises ; producers, David Grubin, Allyson Luchak ; writer, director, David Grubin
- Nostradamus, prophet of doom, produced by Scott Paddor ; produced by Greystone Communications for A & E Television Networks
- Lillie, Granada International ; London Weekend Television ; series developed by David Butler ; written by David Butler and John Gorrie ; directed by John Gorrie, Christopher Hodson, and Tony Wharmby ; produced by Jack Williams
- The journey of Sacagawea, a production of Idanha Films, Inc. and Idaho Public Television ; produced and written by Lori Joyce ; directed and edited by Alan Austin
- Ernest Hemingway, rivers to the sea, written and directed by DeWitt Sage ; producers DeWitt Sage, Catherine Brown Collins, Allyson Luchak and Jenny Carchman ; produced by Thirteen WNET New York and Maha FIlms
- Reign of terror, the History Channel ; producers, Maria Wye Berry, David Keane ; written by Aaron Bowden ; director, David Keane
- Shakespeare Uncovered, The Stories Behind the Bard's Greatest Plays, produced by Blakeway Productions, 116 Films and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET in association with PBS, Sky Arts and Shakespeare's Globe ; series producers Richard Denton and Nicola Stockley, Series 2
- The origins of Oz, director, Anne MacGregor
- Voice of freedom, an Apograph Productions film for American Experience ; written and directed by Rob Rapley ; produced by Rob Rapley and Emily Harrold
- Sybil, Lorimar Productions presents ; produced by Jacqueline Babbin ; screenplay by Stewart Stern ; directed by Daniel Petrie
- The loss of nameless things, produced and directed by Bill Rose
- Benedict Arnold, a question of honor, an A&E Network presentation the DeAngelis Group and Victory Media in association with Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. and Jersey Guys Productions ; producers, Norman Stephens, William Mastrosimone, John G. Phelan ; writer, William Mastrosimone ; director, Mikael Salomon
- Mel Brooks, make a noise, written, produced and directed by Robert Trachtenberg ; a production of American Masters for Thirteen
- Thomas Jefferson, a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films, in association with WETA-TV, Washington ; American Lives Film Project ; produced by Ken Burns, Camilla Rockwell ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward
- Houdini, directed by Uli Edel ; written by Nicholas Meyer ; produced by Gerald W. Abrams, Andras Hamori
- Meeting Osama Bin Laden, producer, Jane Bonham Carter ; director, Darren Conway ; associate producer, Kinda Haddad ; a Brook Lapping Production for WGBH Boston in association with BBC and Norrdeutscher Rundfunk and RTE
- Jimmy Hoffa, A & E Television Networks
- Ted Kennedy, tragedy, scandal, and redemption, produced by CBS Enterprises ; executive producer for Biography Michael Cascio
- Mata Hari, the seductive spy, A & E Television Networks
- Agatha Christie, a life in pictures, a Wall to Wall production for BBC ; producer, Colette Flight ; director, Richard Curson Smith ; screenplay, Richard Curson Smith
- Angelina Jolie
- Albert Einstein, A&E Television Networks
- Joseph Stalin, Red terror, produced by History Television Network Productions, H-TV ; produced and written by Alison Guss
- Earth days, American Experience presents ; written, produced and directed by Robert Stone ; a Robert Stone film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston
- Bill Gates, sultan of software, produced for A & E Television Networks
- Ansel Adams, written and directed by Ric Burns ; produced by Ric Burns & Marilyn Ness ; a co-production of Sierra Club Productions and Steeplechase Films
- No direction home, Bob Dylan, Apple presents a production of Spitfire Pictures, Grey Water Park Productions, Thirteen/WNET New York/PBS, Sikelia Productions in co-production with Vulcan Productions, BBC Arena, NHK ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; produced by Jeff Rosen ... [et al.]
- Bonnie & Clyde, American Experience Films/PBS ; an Ark Media and John Maggio Productions film for American experience ; WGBH ; produced by John Maggio, Lindsey Megrue ; written and directed by John Maggio
- The Scott Hall story, living on a razor's edge
- Zora Neale Hurston, claiming a space, producers, Susan Bellows, Randall MacLowry, Tracy Heather-Strain ; writer/director, Tracy Heather Strain
- Wings of madness, France 5 ; directed by Brian Berger
- The wolf that changed America, Brian Leith Productions ; Thirteen/WNET New York ; BBC
- Wrath of the Tsar, produced by Partisan Pictures for National Geographic Channel ; produced and written by Don Campbell, Doug Shultz ; directed by Don Campbell
- Barack Obama, produced by Towers Productions, Inc. and Ron Marans Communications, Inc. for the A&E Television Network; executive producer, Jonathan Towers ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Trueman
- Parallel worlds, parallel lives, BBC ; written, produced & directed by Louise Lockwood ; produced for Nova by Robert Burns and Julia Cort ; executive producer for the BBC, Andrew Thompson
- A midwife's tale, Blueberry Hill Productions ; directed by Richard P. Rogers ; written and produced by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
- Journeys in black, produced and directed by Leslie Asako Gladsjo
- The Rosa Parks story, Xenon pictures and Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Ltd. present ; produced by Christine Sacani, Pearl Devers, Elaine Eason Steele ; written by Paris Qualles ; directed by Julie Dash
- Flyers, in search of a dream, produced by Philip Hart, UCLA and WGBH
- JFK, 3 shots that changed America, produced by New Animal Productions ; A&E Television Networks ; producers, Hugo Soskin, Katerina Simic, Elizabeth Tyson