Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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Biographical television programs
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- Norman Rockwell, an American portrait, produced and written by Mary Rawson ; a production of WQED/Pittsburgh
- Buffalo Bill, WGBH Boston ; a HiddenHill Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Rob Rapley
- Elizabeth R, British Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; producer, Roderick Graham ; writers, John Hale [and others] ; directors, Claude Whatham [and others]
- Narcos, a Netflix original series ; a Gaumont International Television presentation ; producers, Paul Eckstein, Mariano Carranco, directors, Andrés Baiz, Fernando Coimbra, Guillermo Navarro, José Padilha ; writers, Carlo Bernard, Andrew Black, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Dana Calvo, Dana Ledoux Miller, Zach Calig, Allison Abner, Nick Schenk ; created by Chris Brancato and Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro, Season one
- Barack Obama, produced by Tower Productions, Inc. for the Biography Channel ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Treumann
- Abraham Lincoln, preserving the Union, produced by Greystone Productions, Inc. for A & E Network ; produced by Martin Gillam
- Bob Hope, America's entertainer, [produced by Hope Enterprises for A&E Network ; producer/writer Linda Hope]
- The crown, a Netflix original series ; created by Peter Morgan ; Sony Pictures Television ; Left Bank Pictures, The complete third season
- The men who built America, created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David [and others] ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producer, Glenn Allen [and others] ; director, Ruan Magan
- The crown, produced by Andrew Eaton, Michael Casey, Faye Ward, Martin Harrison ; written by Peter Morgan ; directed by Stephen Daldry, Philip Martin, Julian Jarrold, Benjamin Caron, Season 1
- Have a little faith, produced by Andrew Gottlieb ; written by Mitch Albom ; directed by Jon Avnet
- Abraham Lincoln, History presents ; a RadicalMedia production ; written by Frederick Rendina ; directed by Malcolm Venville
- The offer
- Muhammad Ali, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon ; written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Stephanie Jenkins & Ken Burns
- George & Tammy, MTV Entertainment Studios in association with 101 Studios ; executive producer, Bryan Goluboff ; executive producers, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin ; executive producer, John Hillcoat ; executive producer, David C. Glasser ; executive producers, Andrew Lazar, Josh Brolin ; executive producers, Jessica Chastain, Kelly Carmichael ; executive producer, Abe Sylvia ; created for television by Abe Sylvia ; directed by John Hillcoat ; Freckle Films ; Blank Films Inc ; Aunt Sylvia's Moving Picture Co. ; Mad Chance ; Brolin Productions
- The staircase, Annapurna Television
- The crown, Left Bank Pictures ; Sony Pictures Television ; created by Peter Morgan, The complete second season
- Victoria, a co-production of Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece for ITV ; created by Daisy Goodwin ; written by Daisy Goodwin and Ottilie Wilford; produced by Paul Frift ; directed by Lisa James Larsson, Jim Loach, Daniel O'Hara and Geoffrey Sax, The complete second season
- Winning time, the rise of the Lakers dynasty, produced by Hank Corwin, Don Phillip Smith, Bruce Dunn ; written by Max Borenstein, Rodney Barnes, Jim Hecht, Rebecca Bertuch ; directed by Adam McKay, Jonah Hill, Damian Marcano, Tanya Hamilton, Payman Benz [and others], The complete first season
- John Paul II, the millennial Pope, a Frontline coproduction with Helen Whitney Productions ; produced by Helen Whitney ; written by Helen Whitney & Jane Barnes
- Hemingway, a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
- Davy Crockett, A & E Television Network
- Temple Grandin, HBO Films presents a Ruby Films production ; a Gerson Saines production ; a Mick Jackson film ; produced by Scott Ferguson ; screenplay by Christopher Monger and William Merritt Johnson ; directed by Mick Jackson
- Citizen King, a ROJA Productions film for American experience ; in association with the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker
- The courageous heart of Irena Sendler, Hallmark Hall of Fame ; director, John Kent Harrison ; writers, John Kent Harrison and Lawrence John Spagnola
- Spartacus, war of the damned, Starz Media, Starz Production ; creator, 1Steven S. DeKnight, The complete third season
- Benjamin Franklin, a production of Twin Cities Public Television in association with Middlemarch Films ; producers/directors, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer
- Barack Obama, produced by Towers Productions, Inc. for The Biography Channel ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Trueman
- Roots, developed for television by William Blinn ; executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television
- Marie Antoinette, directed by Pete Travis, Geoffrey Enthoven ; producer, Deborah Davis ; authors, Deborah Davis, Louise Ironside, Chloe Moss, Avril E. Russell, Season 1
- JFK, like no other, produced and directed by Susan Bellows ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; a production of WGBH Boston
- Roots, History presents ; an A+E Studios production ; in association with Marc Toberoff Productions and the Wolper Organization ; produced by Alissa M. Kantrow ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (nights 1 and 4), Alison McDonald (night 2), Charles Murray (night 3) ; directed by Phillip Noyce (night 1), Mario Van Peebles (night 2), Thomas Carter (night 3), Bruce Beresford (night 4)
- Masters of sex, Season two
- The Roosevelts, an intimate history, a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Paul Barnes, Pam Tubridy Baucom, Ken Burns
- The crown, a Netflix series ; created by Peter Morgan ; Sony Pictures Television ; Left Bank Pictures, The complete fifth season
- The Great, a Civic Center Media & MRC Television production ; created by Tony McNamara ; executive producer, Tony McNamara ; executive producer, Marian Macgowan ; executive producer, Mark Winemaker ; executive producer, Elle Fanning ; executive producers, Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding ; executive producers, Josh Kesselman, Ron West ; executive producer, Matt Shakman ; produced by Nick O'Hagan ; produced by Dean O'Toole ; Thruline Entertainment, Echo Lake Entertainment ; Lewellen Pictures, Macgowan Films ; Piggy Ate Roast Beef Productions ; Paramount Television Studios [presents], Season one
- The making of the mob, Chicago
- Houdini, directed by Uli Edel ; written by Nicholas Meyer ; producer, Ildikó Kemény ; executive producers, Gerald W. Abrams, Andras Hamori
- Pope John Paul II, produced by Marcia DeSanctis ; written by Bill Blakemore ; produced by ABC News in association with the Arts & Entertainment Television Networks
- All creatures great & small, a Playground production for Masterpiece and Channel 5 in association with All3Media International and Screen Yorkshire ; produced by Richard Burrell ; written by Ben Vanstone, Lisa Holdsworth, Freddy Syborn, Debbie O'Malley, Julian Jones ; directed by Brian Percival, Metin Hüseyin, Andy Hay, Season 1
- Thomas Edison
- Winston Churchill, [presented by] the History Channel ; with Martin Gilbert
- Napoleon, Soldier, emperor, lover, statesman
- Anne Frank, Buena Vista Home Entertainment ; produced by David Kappes ; teleplay by Kirk Ellis ; directed by Robert Dornhelm
- Robert E. Lee, an Apograph production ; written and produced by Mark Zwonitzer ; a production of WGBH Boston
- The Kennedys, a Muse Entertainment production in association with Asylum Entertainment ; producer, Jamie Paul Rock ; written by Stephen Kronish and Joel Surnow ; directed by Jon Cassar
- 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
- Theodore Roosevelt, a RadicalMedia production in association with Appian Way ; writers, Doris Kearns Goodwin [and others] ; director, Malcolm Venville
- Dr. Death, a Peacock original ; in association with Universal Content Productions ; directed by Maggie Kiley, Jennifer Morrison, So Yong Kim ; created by Patrick Macmanus
- The crown, a Netflix original series ; created by Peter Morgan ; Sony Pictures Television ; Left Bank Pictures, The complete fourth season