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Steeplechase Films Founded by documentary filmmaker Ric Burns in 1989, Steeplechase Films has produced some of the most critically acclaimed historical documentaries in the PBS cannon. New York (1999), a five part, ten-hour series which chronicles the city's rise from a tiny outpost of empire in the early 17th century through the crash of 1929 and the building of the Empire State Building was seen in its initial broadcast by a national audience of approximately 22 million viewers. Variety called the film a "monumental documentary series that raises the bar for this type of work, and in the process elevates our knowledge and understanding of the metropolis." New York garnered the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism, as well as an Emmy for best editing, and two additional Emmy nominations, for cinematography and best program. The final two episodes of New York --"The City of Tomorrow," 1929-1945, and "The City and the World," 1945-to date -- are scheduled for national broadcast on PBS in the fall of 2001 and pick up the narrative of the city from the 1920's to the present. Prior to New York, Steeplechase Films produced three noted documentary films presented by the popular, award-winning public television series The American Experience: The Way West (1995), a four-part, six-hour series on the history of the American West, which was awarded the DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton, and for which Burns earned the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement; The Donner Party (1992) which received a Peabody Award and for which Burns received two Emmy nominations, for directing and writing; and Coney Island (1992), praised by the Chicago Tribune as "one if the best documentaries you will ever see," and which received the D.W. Griffith Award for best television program of 1992. Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use |
