Steeplechase Films


Steeplechase Films is a documentary production company founded in 1989 by filmmaker Ric Burns. They produce films focusing on events and people in American history, mainly for the PBS series American Experience. Ric and his company are best known for the eight-part, seventeen-and-a-half-hour series, New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to wide public and critical acclaim when broadcast in three installments in November 1999, September 2001, and September 2003.

Filmography

Coney Island The Donner Party The Way West Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film New York: A Documentary Film New York: A Documentary Film—The Center of the World Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World Death and the Civil War Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer American Ballet Theatre: A History The Pilgrims Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History VA: the Human Cost of War The Chinese Exclusion Act Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

List of awards and nominations