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Feb 6, 2020 · Mark Samels, a documentary filmmaker who served as EP of American Experience for 16 years, has retired from producing station WGBH in Boston.
Mark Samels is known for American Experience (1987), New York: A Documentary Film (1999) and Wounded Knee (2009).
- Producer, Director, Writer
Jan 9, 2018 · As Executive Producer Mark Samels explains, "By looking at the past through the lens of the present, we can draw lessons from it—not to justify anyone’s actions but to more fully understand the thoughts, decisions and actions of the people that came before us."
Mar 6, 2014 · As a part of the ongoing INConversation series from Indiana Humanities, Mark Samels, executive producer of the American Experience film series on PBS, billed as "TV's Most-Watched History...
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Mark Samels was named executive producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, PBS’s flagship history series, in 2003. Produced by WGBH/Boston, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is television’s most-watched and longest running history series. Under Samels’ leadership, the series has been honored with nearly every industry award, including the Peabody, Primetime Emmys, the duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, Writers Guild Awards, Oscar nominations, Sundance Film Festival Audience and Grand Jury Awards, and the Eric ...
Feb 5, 2020 · Mark Samels, the long-time executive producer of the PBS history documentary strand ‘American Experience’, is retiring after 16 years in the role. Effective this month, Samels (pictured, left)...
Jun 8, 2017 · Below, executive producer Mark Samels—the mind behind American Experience, PBS’ Emmy -winning flagship history series—discusses the ramifications of the conflict ironically dubbed The War to End...
