The men who built America

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Label

The men who built America

Statement of responsibility

executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC

Title variation

Men who built America

Title variation remainder

Ford Rockefeller Carnegie Morgan Vanderbilt

Creator

• The men who built America (Television mini-series)

Contributor

• Magan, Ruán,
• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),
• McCarroll, Russ
• Klein, Fritz, 1948-
• Morck, Justin, 1983-
• Beers, Sarah,
• O'Carroll, Brian, (Cinematographer),
• Pacheco, Tina
• History (Television network),
• Brainstorm Digital (Firm),
• Palmer, Keith, (Television producer),
• Kilgour, John, (Film editor),
• Burns, Kristen,
• Kelly, Tim W.,
• Reams, Patrick,
• Reynolds, Ray, 1953-
• Arts and Entertainment Network,
• Rolland, Eric,
• Hoogstra, Dirk,
• Burstein, Brian
• Scott, Campbell,
• Segaller, Adam Jonas,
• Donahoe, David
• Sisul, Beatrice,
• Donaldson, Cary, (Actor),
• Counsman, Randy
• Solo, Ernesto
• Fields, Ed,
• Soule, Jonathan,
• Getman, Tim,
• Vanacore, David,
• Bylander, Sheri
• White, David C., 1982-
• Cabana, Paul
• Falberg, Alex,
• David, Stephen,
• Friedlander, Richard
• Allen, Glenn,
• Lomofsky, Sharon,
• Stephen David Entertainment,
• Lopez, Richard V., (Cinematographer),

Actor

• Klein, Fritz, 1948-
• Segaller, Adam Jonas,
• Rolland, Eric,
• Reynolds, Ray, 1953-
• Morck, Justin, 1983-
• Donahoe, David
• Getman, Tim,
• Falberg, Alex,
• Donaldson, Cary, (Actor),

Broadcaster

• Arts and Entertainment Network,
• History (Television network),

Composer

• Vanacore, David,

Costume designer

• Beers, Sarah,

Director of photography

• Lopez, Richard V., (Cinematographer),
• O'Carroll, Brian, (Cinematographer),

Film distributor

• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),

Film editor

• Pacheco, Tina
• Bylander, Sheri
• Kilgour, John, (Film editor),
• Sisul, Beatrice,
• Kelly, Tim W.,
• Soule, Jonathan,

Narrator

• Scott, Campbell,

Production company

• Stephen David Entertainment,
• Brainstorm Digital (Firm),

Production designer

• Solo, Ernesto
• Lomofsky, Sharon,

Screenwriter

• Reams, Patrick,
• Palmer, Keith, (Television producer),
• Fields, Ed,
• White, David C., 1982-
• Counsman, Randy
• David, Stephen,

Television director

• Magan, Ruán,
• Reams, Patrick,

Television producer

• Burns, Kristen,
• Burstein, Brian
• McCarroll, Russ
• Friedlander, Richard
• Palmer, Keith, (Television producer),
• David, Stephen,
• Allen, Glenn,
• Cabana, Paul
• Hoogstra, Dirk,
• White, David C., 1982-

Subject

• Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
• Industrialists -- United States -- Biography
• Morgan, J. Pierpont, (John Pierpont), 1837-1913
• Nonfiction television programs
• Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison), 1839-1937
• Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
• United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
• United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
• Vanderbilt, William H., (William Henry), 1821-1885
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Biographical television programs
• Biography
• Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography
• Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
• Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
• Documentary television programs
• Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
• Historical television programs

Genre

• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Nonfiction television programs
• Historical television programs
• trueBiography
• Biographical television programs

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen

Related

• The new machine
• A new rival emerges
• A new war begins
• A rivalry is born
• Blood is spilled
• Oil strike
• Owning it all
• Taking the White House

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Richard V. Lopez ; production designers, Sharon Lomofsky, Ernesto Solo ; costume designer, Sarah Beers ; lead editors, Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Beatrice Sisul ; editors, Tina Pacheco, John Kilgour, Sheri Bylander ; director of photography, Brian O'Carroll ; music, David Vanacore

Dewey number

920.073

Language note

In English with Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

• HC102.5.A2
• E663

LC item number

• M463 2012
• .M46 2012

PerformerNote

Narrated by Campbell Scott ; cast, John C. Bailey (Henry Frick), Michael Chmiel (William Vanderbilt), David Donahoe (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Cary Donaldson (Henry Ford), John M. Dow (old John D. Rockefeller), Alex Falberg (Nikola Tesla), Tim Getman (John D. Rockefeller), Richard F. Klein (Abraham Lincoln), Justin Mork (Thomas Edison), Dan Odell (President William McKinley), Ray Reynolds (old J.P. Morgan), Eric Rolland (J.P. Morgan), Ed Schiff (old Andrew Carnegie), Adam Segaller (Andrew Carnegie), Joseph Wiegand (Teddy Roosevelt)

Runtime

360

Target audience

general

Technique

live action