Biographical television programs
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- Binge box, Conversations about Hispanic experiences
- Freddie Mercury, the final act, produced by Dan Hall ; directed by James Rogan
- In their own words, producers, John Foy, Julee Margulies Metz ; author, Karen Wookey ; director, Marianne Kuchmaniuk ; produced in association with Documentary Channel ; produced by Prospero Media and Dalaklis Media Enterprises for Documentary Channel and PBS, Season 2
- Finding your roots, writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer, Josh Gleason, Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Caitlin McNally, Gopi Shastri ; director, Josh Gleason, Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Hannah Olson, Sabin Streeter, Jamila Wignot, Season 4
- Da Vinci's demons, Phantom Four Films ; Adjacent ; created by David S. Goyer, The complete second season
- The crown, a Netflix original series ; created by Peter Morgan ; Sony Pictures Television ; Left Bank Pictures, The complete fourth season
- Living on a razor's edge, the Scott Hall story
- Underground railroad, the William Still story, a production of 90th Parallel Productions Ltd., in association with Rogers Broadcasting Limited and WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto ; director, producer, and writer, Laine Drewery
- Marian Anderson, the whole world in her hands, written by Rita Coburn & Philip Gitterlman ; directed by Rita Coburn ; producer, Rita Coburn ; a co-production of RCW Media Productions, Inc., American Masters Pictures, and ITVS
- IP Man, directed by Fan Xiaotian, Zheng Wei, and Hu Kai
- Gunslingers, produced by Castle Pictures, Inc, Season 1
- Jackie Robinson, Florentine Films and WETA in association with Major League Baseball ; producer, Ken Burns ; directors, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon
- The duel, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Red Hill Productions for the American Experience ; directed by Carl Byker and Mitch Wilson ; written by Carl Byker and David Mrazek ; producer, Carl Byker
- Warrior women
- Harriet Tubman, visions of freedom, written by Paul Taylor, Nicole London and Marcia Smith ; directed and produced by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London ; a co-production of Firelight Films and Maryland Public Television
- Nazi hunters, the heroes who defeated Hitler, produced and directed by Graham Cooper
- Mr. Selfridge, a co-production of ITV Studios and Masterpiece ; created by Andrew Davies ; written by Kate Brooke [and others] ; produced by Dominic Barlow ; directed by Rob Evans [and others], Season 3
- Finding your roots, a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. ; directed by Sabin Streeter, Krista Whetstone ; produced by Sabin Streeter, Natalia Warchol, Jenny Sorin, Elizabeth Woller Wilson, Kevin Burke, Jsoh Gleason, Prisca Pointdujour, Season 7
- Mr. Selfridge, ITV Studios and Masterpiece ; series producer Dominic Barlow ; producer, Jeremy Piven ; directed by Robert Del Maestro, Bill Anderson, Fraser MacDonald, Joss Agnew, and Rob Evans ; written by Helen Raynor, Kate O'Riordan, Matt Jones, James Payne, Ben Morris, and Hamish Wright ; created by Andrew Davies ; developed by Kate Brooke, Season 4
- Grant, directed by Malcolm Venville ; executive producers, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Dave Sirulnick, Jon Kamen, Justin Wilkes, Fisher Stevens ; executive producer, Ron Chernow ; co-executive producers, Phillip Watson, Michael Hampton ; executive producer, Knute Walker ; co-executive producer, Elizabeth Bull ; series producer, Alexander H. Browne ; executive producer, Brian Volk-Weiss ; produced by RadicalMedia and Appian Way in association with Lionsgate Television for History
- Becoming Frederick Douglass, written by Anne Seidlitz ; produced & directed by Stanley Nelson & Nicole London
- 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
- Hemingway, a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
- Strange angel, produced by David DiGilio, Mary Heyman, Ridley Scott ; written by Mark Heyman, John Lopez, Dagny Looper ; directed by Ben Wheatley, David Lowery, Kate Dennis, Season one
- The crown, Left Bank Pictures ; Sony Pictures Television ; created by Peter Morgan, The complete second season
- Tiger, directors, Matthew Heineman, Matthew Hamachek ; producers, Trevor Davidoski, Jean Millman, Matthew Hamachek, Parts one & two
- Jesus, His life, producers, Joshua Hyams, Alex Dwiar, Jackelyn Viera Iloff ; writers, Joe Ainsworth, Lauren Klee, Anna McPartlin, Ed Selleck ; directors, Adrian McDowall, Craig Pickles, Ashley Pearce
- 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
- The incredible journey, Daniel, A six part series
- Queen, Elliot Friedgen & Company ; The Wolper Organization ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Bernard Sofronski ; teleplay by David Stevens ; directed by John Erman
- Zora Neale Hurston, claiming a space, producers, Susan Bellows, Randall MacLowry, Tracy Heather-Strain ; writer/director, Tracy Heather Strain
- Martin Luther, Boettcher + Trinklen Television Inc. present ; director, David Batty
- 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
- The 12th victim, directed by Nicola B. Marsh ; produced by Morgan Neville, Catrin Rogers, Josh Braun, Dan Braun, Rachel Libert
- Super pumped, the battle for uber
- Women who changed the world, director, Bohdan Kostrykin
- American crime story, Scott & Larry Productions ; Color Force ; Ryan Murphy Productions ; FX Productions ; Fox21 Television Studios ; producers, Chip Vucelich, John Travolta, Alexis Martin Woodall ; developed for television by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
- 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)
- Tesla, a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American Experience ; written and produced by David Grubin ; managing director, James E. Dunford
- Drunk history, Gary Sanchez Productions ; Konner Productions ; 34 ; produced by Melissa Wylie, Season 4
- Freud, a BBC-TV production in association with Hearst/ABC-RCTV ; written by Carey Harrison ; produced by John Purdie ; directed by Moira Armstrong
- Victoria & Albert, the wedding, written, produced & directed by Ian Denyer ; a BBC Studios production for PBS and BBC
- Masters of sex, Season two
- Gifted hands, the Ben Carson story, Sony Pictures Television Inc., The Hatchery, The Thomas Carter Co., Magna Global Entertainment ; written by John Pielmeier ; directed by Thomas Carter ; produced by David A. Rosemont
- Ghost hunter, producer, Denise Paul ; director, Alex Pillai ; created and written by Jack Lothian ; a Bentley production for ITV
- The life of Muhammad
- The Buddha, [the story of Siddhartha], a film by David Grubin ; written, produced, and directed by David Grubin ; associate producer, Anna Bowers ; a production of David Grubin Productions
- Bob Ballard, an explorers life