Independent Lens

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns. Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Stanley Tucci hosts the series.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 84082
  • Status Continuing
  • First Aired August 9, 1999
  • Recent March 25, 2024
  • Airs Monday, at 10:00pm
  • Network PBS
  • Average Runtime 61 minutes
  • Genres Documentary Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB Official Website TMS (Zap2It) TheMovieDB.com
  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
  • Favorited This series has been favorited by 36 people.
  • Created December 12, 2008 by
    jackhix777
  • Modified February 7, 2024 by
    vicariousk
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials March 2004 June 2021 17
Season 1 August 1999 October 1999 10
Season 2 October 2000 December 2000 10
Season 3 September 2001 November 2001 10
Season 4 February 2003 June 2003 14
Season 5 October 2003 June 2004 28
Season 6 October 2004 June 2005 27
Season 7 October 2005 June 2006 29
Season 8 October 2006 June 2007 27
Season 9 October 2007 June 2008 26
Season 10 October 2008 June 2009 25
Season 11 September 2009 June 2010 28
Season 12 October 2010 June 2011 25
Season 13 October 2011 July 2012 27
Season 14 October 2012 June 2013 19
Season 15 September 2013 June 2014 29
Season 16 October 2014 June 2015 19
Season 17 November 2015 August 2016 22
Season 18 October 2016 June 2017 20
Season 19 November 2017 May 2018 20
Season 20 October 2018 May 2019 19
Season 21 October 2019 May 2020 17
Season 22 June 2020 June 2021 19
Season 23 October 2021 May 2022 15
Season 24 September 2022 June 2023 16
Season 25 September 2023 March 2024 12
Season 26 0
Season 27 0
Unassigned Episodes 1
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 0
Season 19 November 2017 1
Unassigned Episodes 530
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 531
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Li Lu 3 11/13/2023 - 11/14/2023
Gary Hustwit 2 01/06/2009 - 11/24/2009
Nicole Newnham 2 05/15/2007 - 06/17/2013
Johnny Symons 2 06/03/2003 - 06/06/2009
Steve James 2 03/30/2004 - 03/31/2004
Marco Williams 2 02/19/2008 - 04/29/2013
Steven Bognar 2 06/21/2006 - 06/22/2006
Matthew Buzzell 2 02/24/2004 - 04/01/2008
Maro Chermayeff 2 10/01/2012 - 10/02/2012
Jonathan Robinson 1 04/06/2004
Barbara Ettinger 1 11/28/2006
Sedika Mojadidi 1 02/13/2007
Scott Dalton 1 04/18/2006
David E. Simpson 1 04/07/2009
Debbie Lum 1 05/06/2013
Aaron Matthews 1 12/11/2007
Ramona Diaz 1 05/10/2005
Spencer Nakasako 1 05/11/2004
Cynthia Salzman Mondell 1 03/01/2005
Richard Hall 1 05/27/2004
Aaron Lubarsky 1 12/13/2005
Jay Rosenstein 1 06/15/2004
Tami Yeager 1 05/20/2008
Meema Spadola 1 05/24/2005
Kit-Yin Snyder 1 05/04/2004
Maren Grainger-Monsen 1 06/17/2013
Heather Rae 1 04/11/2006
Kim Longinotto 1 11/27/2007
Ferne Pearlstein 1 06/08/2004
Kayo Hatta 1 05/09/2006
Rodrigo Reyes 1 09/19/2023
Margaret Brown 1 02/24/2009
Weijun Chen 1 10/23/2007
Frank Popper 1 02/27/2007
Lizzie Gottlieb 1 01/08/2008
Julianna Brannum 1 11/20/2007
Ramin Bahrani 1 06/01/2010
Jan Louter 1 12/12/2006
Tug Yourgrau 1 06/06/2006
Jim Butterworth 1 12/13/2005
Doug Hawes-Davis 1 04/26/2012
Robert Levi 1 02/06/2007
Diane Zander 1 12/14/2004
Rick Tejada-Flores 1 11/22/2005
Sam Green 1 04/27/2004
Gregg Mitman 1 06/22/2015
Laura Gabbert 1 03/22/2005
Amy Nicholson 1 10/31/2006
Jim Granato 1 11/10/2009
Jørgen Flindt Pedersen 1 11/08/2005
Chris Eska 1 12/21/2004
Bradley Beesley 1 11/20/2007
David Washburn 1 11/06/2023
Heidi Ewing 1 05/27/2013
Bill Rose 1 02/28/2006
Laurel Chiten 1 01/30/2007
Natasha Uppal 1 05/04/2004
Aaron Woolf 1 04/15/2008
Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky 1 04/28/2009
François Verster 1 04/05/2005
Lisa Merton 1 04/14/2009
Tom Putnam 1 11/06/2007
Andrew Levine 1 11/30/2004
Mickey Lemle 1 04/20/2004
Allen Mondell 1 03/01/2005
Alex Gibney 1 04/24/2007
Marc Francis 1 04/10/2007
Jordan Mechner 1 06/07/2005
Lisette Marie Flanary 1 05/06/2008
Sandy Northrop 1 05/17/2005
Florence Ayisi 1 11/27/2007
Patrick Creadon 1 10/16/2007
Brad Lichtenstein 1 02/21/2006
Daniel Kraus 1 01/03/2006
Richard Ladkani 1 05/23/2006
Stanley Nelson Jr. 1 02/17/2004
Bann Roy 1 03/28/2006
Frances McElroy 1 11/15/2005
Frederick Wiseman 1 05/03/2005
Yvonne Smith 1 10/11/2005
Roy Westler 1 01/16/2007
Billy Luther 1 11/13/2007
Elizabeth Massie 1 04/01/2008
Maria Finitzo 1 01/15/2008
Joel Katz 1 04/08/2003
Michael Gramaglia 1 04/26/2005
John Scheinfeld 1 11/06/2017
Frauke Sandig 1 05/16/2006
Ellen Spiro 1 03/21/2006
Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins Costigan 1 10/24/2006
Phillip Rodriguez 1 11/23/2004
Churchill Roberts 1 02/07/2006
Bernardo Ruiz 1 10/09/2023
Sarita Siegel 1 06/22/2015
Paul Devlin 1 01/25/2005
Nati Baratz 1 04/07/2010
Simone Duarte 1 10/18/2005
Chris Christopher 1 02/14/2006
Nisha Ganatra 1 06/01/2004
Reed Harkness 1 05/08/2023
Taggart Siegel 1 06/13/2006
Lisa Blackstone 1 11/09/2004
John Hanson 1 12/20/2005
Barbara Multer-Wellin 1 11/07/2006
Elida Schogt 1 05/03/2005
Byron Hurt 1 02/20/2007
Risa Morimoto, Linda Hoaglund 1 05/05/2009
Rachel Lyon 1 03/02/2007
Alan Dater 1 04/14/2009
Lexi Leban 1 01/17/2006
Ela Troyano 1 06/05/2007
Goro Toshima 1 01/04/2005
Liz Oakley 1 03/02/2004
Holly Maxson 1 04/12/2005
Kirby Dick 1 05/13/2013
Amanda Micheli 1 05/31/2005
Yoni Brook 1 01/22/2008
Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson 1 03/18/2008
Suzanne Wasserman 1 02/22/2005
Raymond Telles 1 11/22/2005
David Petersen 1 03/29/2005
Lisa Sleeth 1 12/13/2005
Jon Alpert 1 10/25/2005
Adrian Belic 1 01/23/2007
Gonzalo Arijon 1 05/19/2009
Lisa Gildehaus 1 02/21/2006
María Teresa Rodríguez 1 11/15/2005
Kief Davidson 1 05/23/2006
Nicole Cattell 1 12/19/2006
Joel P. Engardio 1 05/22/2007
Jihan El-Tahri 1 02/23/2010
Nishtha Jain, Smriti Nevatia 1 03/24/2009
Rachel Grady 1 05/27/2013
Jim Fields 1 04/26/2005
Dan Miller 1 06/06/2006
David Grabias 1 05/15/2007
Xiaolu Guo 1 01/29/2008
Eric Black 1 05/16/2006
Brigitte Brault 1 11/16/2004
Courtney Hayes 1 01/02/2007
Daniel Anker 1 05/02/2006
Nick Francis 1 04/10/2007
Ron Lamothe 1 10/26/2004
Michael Peled 1 04/03/2007
David Cutler 1 05/31/2005
Carvin Eison 1 02/14/2006
Michael Downing 1 12/21/2004
Mark Ewert 1 05/31/2005
Chris Browne 1 04/25/2006
Sharat Raju 1 05/09/2006
Joanne Caputo 1 02/15/2005
David G. Berger 1 04/12/2005
Charles Burnett 1 02/10/2004
Cal Skaggs 1 11/21/2006
Yael Klopmann 1 10/30/2007
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle 1 03/27/2017
Lidia Szajko 1 01/17/2006
Rebecca Dreyfus 1 03/20/2007
Shantha Bloemen 1 03/23/2004
Kate Hirson 1 04/12/2005
David Fisher 1 04/13/2004
Daresha Kyi 1 06/20/2023
Jon Shenk 1 04/22/2013
Linda Hattendorf 1 05/08/2007
Leslie Sullivan 1 01/11/2005
Sandra Dickson 1 02/07/2006
Tim Gallagher 1 01/02/2007
Alexander Wiaplah 1 06/22/2015
Rodney Evans 1 06/14/2005
Paul Fierlinger 1 10/24/2006
Loren Mendell 1 02/03/2009
Anayansi Prado 1 11/29/2005
Margarita Martinez 1 04/18/2006
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Dick Rude 1 04/26/2005
Eric Martin 1 11/10/2009
Lisa Ko 1 12/12/2006
Lois Vossen 1 11/10/2009
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Terrence Howard 1 03/02/2007

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