A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Mark Samels is an American documentary producer native of Wisconsin. He is executive producer of American Experience, PBS's longest-running history series.
Director:
2002 A Brilliant Madness
Executive Producer:
1988 The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1994 Tupperware!
1998 Surviving the Dust Bowl
2002 A Brilliant Madness
2004 The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
2005 The Massie Affair
2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 Walt Whitman
2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2010 Freedom Riders
2013 Henry Ford
2016 Bonnie & Clyde
2017 Grand Coulee Dam
2017 Oklahoma City
2017 The Great War
2018 The Gilded Age
2019 The Swamp
2020 George W. Bush
2020 McCarthy
2020 Mr. Tornado
Producer:
1988 The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1990 Nixon
1994 Tupperware!
1998 Reagan
1998 Surviving the Dust Bowl
2001 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
2002 A Brilliant Madness
2002 Miss America
2004 The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
2005 The Massie Affair
2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 Walt Whitman
2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2010 Freedom Riders
2013 Henry Ford
2016 Bonnie & Clyde
2017 Grand Coulee Dam
2017 Oklahoma City
2017 The Great War
2018 The Gilded Age
2019 The Swamp
2019 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2020 George W. Bush
2020 McCarthy
2020 Mr. Tornado
Writer:
1988 The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1990 Nixon
1994 Tupperware!
1998 Reagan
1998 Surviving the Dust Bowl
2001 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
2002 A Brilliant Madness
2002 Miss America
2004 The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
2005 The Massie Affair
2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 Walt Whitman
2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2010 Freedom Riders
2013 Henry Ford
2016 Bonnie & Clyde
2017 Grand Coulee Dam
2017 Oklahoma City
2017 The Great War
2018 The Gilded Age
2019 The Swamp
2019 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2020 George W. Bush
2020 McCarthy
2020 Mr. Tornado
Executive Producer:
1988 American Experience
2015 Walt Disney
2019 Chasing the Moon
2020 The Vote
Producer:
1988 American Experience
2013 JFK
2015 Walt Disney
2019 Chasing the Moon
2020 The Vote
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