In 2012, Stephen David Entertainment ushered in a new TV genre, the “hybrid” docu-series, with The Men Who Built America (History), which went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards with five total nominations.
SDE then repeated that success with The World Wars (History), which received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and featured President Barack Obama.
Since then, SDE has produced many other blockbuster hybrid docu-series, including two seasons of The Making of the Mob (AMC), American Genius (Nat Geo), The American West (AMC), the multi-season hit Roman Empire (Netflix), and Men Who Built America: Frontiersman (History), which garnered over 26 million viewers. Most recently, their series Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War, narrated by Ed Harris, premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim and huge ratings.
SDE has also produced award-winning crime and social justice documentaries, including Sugartown for ID Films, Hell in the Heartland (HLN), and Jonestown Terror in the Jungle, which broke ratings records for Sundance/AMC.
The company’s scripted work includes James Patterson’s Murder is Forever (ID), Capsized (Discovery) starring Josh Duhamel, and the mini-series Sons of Liberty (History), starring Dean Norris and Ben Barnes, which premiered to record-setting ratings and critical acclaim, including a WGA award nomination.
For the past fifteen years, Stephen David Entertainment has produced popular and crtically-acclaimed scripted and unscripted content for the industry's top streaming and cable networks.
The legendary feud between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton unfolds through vivid reenactments in this gritty docudrama about the gunfight that defined an era.
Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
Chronicles some of the most famous leaders of the Roman Civilization.
The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America. Based on true stories.
Making of the Mob, is an eight-part docudrama that begins in 1905 and spans more than 50 years, tracing the original five families that led to the modern American Mafia, including the rise of Charles Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel.
A large-scale review of the American frontier stories.
The rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters Henry Ford, William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, JP Morgan Jr., and Pierre Du Pont.
After a yacht bound for Florida capsizes during an unexpected storm, its crew is left to drift for days in the chilling waters of the Atlantic where they become prey to a group of tiger sharks.
Docuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary.
American anthology drama series by New York Times best seller James Patterson. All True American crimes, ripped from the headlines.
The most in-depth high-octane account of the gritty true story behind NASCAR comes roaring to life in a first of its kind limited series.
Documentaries about great American thinkers, and how their ideas have changed the world.
A look at both World Wars and what the biggest names in history did during each war and the time in between.
History documentary about the discovery of gold in the west. The hardships and hardwork which was put into building San Franscisco.
A look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.
The Amazon Original Series draws from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and over 2,600 scrapbooks from Hefner's personal archives, chronicling the life of an American icon and the history of the brand he created.
The family of Victor White III, who died while in police custody, launches their own investigation into the events of the night and unearth a web of corruption.
Money made America a global empire and for the last 150 years America's riches have been controlled by the titans of Wall Street.
Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems; narrator Jad Abumrad.
The story of immigrants who founded first Hollywood studios.