STEVE RIVO
Showrunner · Director · Writer · Producer
Twenty-Five years of premium documentary work for Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, CNN, PBS and more.
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Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James
Showrunner · Director · Writer · Producer
Twenty-Five years of premium documentary work for Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, CNN, PBS and more.
Projects he has produced have won Emmy, Peabody, duPont-Columbia and IDA awards, and screened at SXSW, Tribeca and Full Frame.
Hulu Orders New Documentary Series RapCaviar PresentsOn RapCaviar Presents The New York Times
Coming to Terms with the Legacy of Rick JamesOn Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James The Guardian
‘There’s a lot to unpack’: the dark, difficult life of Rick JamesOn Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James Mashable
Netflix’s ‘Broken’ is the perfect holiday weekend watchOn Broken
RapCaviar PresentsDocuseries
Hulu × Spotify
Showrunner
You’re Watching Video Music BoxDocumentary film · Directed by Nas
Showtime
Showrunner · Producer · Co-Writer
Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick JamesDocumentary film
Showtime
Showrunner · Producer · Co-Writer
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown“Uruguay”, Season 11
CNN
Director
BrokenOriginal investigative series
Netflix
Director · Writer
Carvalho’s JourneyFeature documentary, 2015
PBS · Festival release
Director · Producer · Writer
Rolling Like ThunderDocumentary film · Hip Hop 50
Showtime
Showrunner · Producer
Invisible KillersThree-part series on viruses
Discovery
Director · Producer
Death Row Stories“Blood and Water”, Season 1
CNN
Director · Producer
Morgan Spurlock Inside Man“CSI”
CNN
Director · Producer
Fatal Encounters“Terror in the Woods”
Investigation Discovery
Director · Producer · Writer
The Vice Guide to Everything“Ramallah Street Racing”
VICE · MTV
Senior Story Producer
TruInside: HeathersThe untold story behind the cult comedy
truTV
Director · Producer
New York: A Documentary FilmDirected by Ric Burns · American Experience
PBS
Producer
Eugene O’NeillEmmy-winning American Experience film by Ric Burns
PBS
Producer
Caught on Camera: Combat“Wikileaks Video”
MSNBC
Producer · Writer
The BottleMusic video for Gil Scott-Heron
TVT Records
Co-Director · Producer
An award-winning documentary maker known for powerful, intelligent storytelling and high production value.
Across a 30-year career Steve has executive produced, written and directed dozens of hours of premium non-fiction television for most major linear and streaming networks, along with independent feature documentaries. He showran Hulu’s RapCaviar Presents, produced and wrote Showtime’s You’re Watching Video Music Box (directed by Nas) and Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, and directed on the final season of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.