American Experience

About the Series

On the Air

Television’s most-watched history series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has been hailed as “peerless” (Wall Street Journal), “the most consistently enriching program on television” (Chicago Tribune), and “a beacon of intelligence and purpose” (Houston Chronicle). On air and online, the series brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including twenty-four Emmy Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards, and fourteen George Foster Peabody Awards, one most recently for Two Days in October.

On the Web

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online premiered in November 1995 and has won accolades from viewers and critics alike. To date, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online has produced over 130 feature sites. These sites enable viewers to watch films online and encourage in-depth exploration of each film beyond the television screen. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online has been recognized by online and print publications including Yahoo!, USA Today Online, Broadcasting and Cable, and TV Guide.

The American Experience Staff

Mark Samels	Executive Producer
Sharon Grimberg	Senior Producer
Susan Mottau	Coordinating Producer
James E. Dunford	Series Manager
Susan Bellows	Series Producer
Paul Taylor	Senior Editor
Molly Jacobs	Associate Producer, Web
Lauren Prestileo	Project Manager
Patrick Ramirez	Marketing and Communications
Jen Holmes	Marketing and Communications
Sean Cleary	Marketing and Communications
Pamela Gaudiano	Project Administration
Susana Fernandes	Project Administration
Kelsey Dorwart	Project Administration
Jay Fiaklov	Legal
Maureen Jordan	Legal
Janice Flood	Legal
Scott Kardel	Legal
Nancy Sherman	Production Manager
John Jenkins	Sound Mix
Spencer Gentry	On-line Editor
Mark Steele	On-line Editor
Alison Kennedy	Series Designer
Greg Shea	Post Production
Glenn Fukushima	Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky	Post Production
Margaret Drain	Former Executive Producer
Judy Crichton	Former Executive Producer

Opening Title Credits

Archival footage and stills courtesy of:

ABC News VideoSource
Annie Oakley Center at Garst Museum
BBC Motion Gallery
Clark Welch
CNN ImageSource
Don Como
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Texas A&M University — Corpus Christi, Bell Library
Getty Images
Historic Films
Imperial War Museum
ITN Source/Reuters
Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
John E. Allen
Library of Congress
Major League Baseball footage used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.
National Archives
NBC News Archives
Ralph Ganis
Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Sean Chapin
Senator John Heinz History Center
SPPN (Grinberg)
Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library (560.52 1905)
U.S. Army
UCLA Film & Television Archive
University of Wisconsin, Madison
William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum