Stephen Talbot Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

Director and Producer of a 90-min. documentary film for PBS, The Movement and the "Madman," the story of how two major anti-Vietnam War protests in the Fall of 1969 pressured President Nixon to cancel his secret "madman" plans for a massive escalation of the war, including threats to use nuclear weapons. Premiered on the American Experience series on March.

Forty-plus years experience writing non-fiction television and documentary film scripts. Three Writers Guild of America nominations for co-writing FRONTLINE documentaries: "Rush Limbaugh's America,"​ "Justice for Sale,"​ and "News War: What's Happening to the News."​ Co-writer with Christine Ni of NBC Bay Area Revelations series one-hour episodes, "Riding.

San Francisco, CA, US

Commissioning and senior producing short documentary videos for ITVS and the PBS series "Independent Lens." Distributing them to journalistic partners, including The Atlantic Magazine, PBS Newshour, the Tennessean, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Texas Observer, USA Today, Salon, KQED News, Washington Post, The Nation, People Magazine, WUNC.

San Jose, California, US

"Riding the Waves" about surfing in the Bay Area. (April 11, 2020)50th Northern California Area Emmy® AwardsSports Program-Live or Post-Produced The Emmy® Award goes to“Riding the Waves,” KNTV NBC Bay AreaChristine C. Ni, Stephen Talbot, Producers; Michael Horn, Cinematographer; Alex Bozovic, Photographer.

Emeryville, CA, US

Senior producer for all CIR videos, including "To Kill a Sparrow," about the struggle of an Afghan woman to escape a forced marriage. The 26-min. film was featured on New York Times Video. TV productions included stories for the PBS Newshour and Univision, as well as documentaries for The Young Turks and KQED. Also senior producer for The I Files (now.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Co-Creator and Executive Producer of two hour-long music specials for PBS prime time. Funded by AT&T and the National Endowment for the Arts. The first episode was presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting in 2010. The second episode was presented by KQED, San Francisco in 2012. The shows featured an investigation of the Russian pop propaganda song ("I Want.

Taught courses in TV production and reporting, and about the Frontline documentary series, from 2004 until 2008 and again in 2011 and 2012. Recruited and mentored students to work on the FRONTLINE World series website and broadcast.

US

Helped commission and oversee nearly 100 broadcast stories for some 30 TV episodes. Recruited and mentored new talent for the series. Also responsible for overseeing online video and editorial content, including the "Rough Cuts" series. Produced "The Earthquake" in Lebanon and Syria in 2005 about the "Cedar Revolution." FRONTLINE/World received several.

Frontline documentaries:"News War: What's Happening to the News" (2007) producerFrontline World, Lebanon, "The Earthquake" (2005) co-producer"Diet Wars" (2004) correspondent"The Battle Over School Choice" (2000) producer & writer"Justice for Sale" (1999) producer & co-writer"Spying on Saddam" (1999) producer & writer"Why America Hates the Press" (1996).

Based at CIR, produced and wrote a string of documentaries for "Frontline" between 1992 and 2000.

San Francisco, CA, US

Staff producer, reporter and writer for KQED. Producing local and national PBS documentaries, as well as dozens of feature news reports for the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Produced two Peabody Award winning documentaries: "Broken Arrow: Can a Nuclear Weapons Accident Happen Here?" and "The Case of Dashiell Hammett." Co-produced and wrote one-hour PBS.

I had a busy boyhood acting career from the ages of 9 to 14, playing the character of "Gilbert" in 57 episodes of the iconic TV series, "Leave it to Beaver," and appearing in numerous other TV shows including The Twilight Zone, Lassie, Perry Mason, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Lawman, Sugarfoot, Whirlybirds, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, The Donna Reed Show, Mr..

Ba, English, Film

High School