| Industry | documentary films |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
Key people | Ric Burns |
| Website | www.ricburns.com |
Steeplechase Films is a documentary production company founded in 1989 by filmmaker Ric Burns. They produce films focusing on events and people in American history, mainly for the PBS series American Experience. Ric and his company are best known for the eight-part, seventeen-and-a-half-hour series, New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to wide public and critical acclaim when broadcast in three installments in November 1999, September 2001, and September 2003. [1]