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.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | March 2004 | June 2021 | 17 |
| Season 27 | 0 | ||
| Season 1999 | August 1999 | October 1999 | 10 |
| Season 2000 | October 2000 | December 2000 | 10 |
| Season 2001 | September 2001 | November 2001 | 10 |
| Season 2003 | February 2003 | December 2003 | 24 |
| Season 2004 | January 2004 | December 2004 | 26 |
| Season 2005 | January 2005 | December 2005 | 29 |
| Season 2006 | January 2006 | December 2006 | 28 |
| Season 2007 | January 2007 | December 2007 | 27 |
| Season 2008 | January 2008 | December 2008 | 27 |
| Season 2009 | January 2009 | December 2009 | 25 |
| Season 2010 | January 2010 | December 2010 | 27 |
| Season 2011 | January 2011 | December 2011 | 23 |
| Season 2012 | January 2012 | November 2012 | 26 |
| Season 2013 | January 2013 | December 2013 | 28 |
| Season 2014 | January 2014 | November 2014 | 19 |
| Season 2015 | January 2015 | December 2015 | 18 |
| Season 2016 | January 2016 | December 2016 | 20 |
| Season 2017 | January 2017 | December 2017 | 21 |
| Season 2018 | January 2018 | December 2018 | 22 |
| Season 2019 | January 2019 | December 2019 | 19 |
| Season 2020 | January 2020 | November 2020 | 20 |
| Season 2021 | January 2021 | November 2021 | 16 |
| Season 2022 | January 2022 | November 2022 | 13 |
| Season 2023 | January 2023 | November 2023 | 19 |
| Season 2024 | January 2024 | November 2024 | 13 |
| Season 2025 | January 2025 | January 2025 | 3 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Season 19 | November 2017 | 1 | |
| Unassigned Episodes | 539 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 540 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Li Lu | 3 | 11/13/2023 - 11/14/2023 | |
| 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 | |
| Gary Hustwit | 2 | 01/06/2009 - 11/24/2009 | |
| Nicole Newnham | 2 | 05/15/2007 - 06/17/2013 | |
| Steve James | 2 | 03/30/2004 - 03/31/2004 | |
| Johnny Symons | 2 | 06/03/2003 - 06/06/2009 | |
| Chris Eska | 1 | 12/21/2004 | |
| Bradley Beesley | 1 | 11/20/2007 | |
| David Washburn | 1 | 11/06/2023 | |
| Amy Nicholson | 1 | 10/31/2006 | |
| Jim Granato | 1 | 11/10/2009 | |
| Jørgen Flindt Pedersen | 1 | 11/08/2005 | |
| Natasha Uppal | 1 | 05/04/2004 | |
| Aaron Woolf | 1 | 04/15/2008 | |
| Heidi Ewing | 1 | 05/27/2013 | |
| Bill Rose | 1 | 02/28/2006 | |
| Laurel Chiten | 1 | 01/30/2007 | |
| Tom Putnam | 1 | 11/06/2007 | |
| Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky | 1 | 04/28/2009 | |
| François Verster | 1 | 04/05/2005 | |
| Lisa Merton | 1 | 04/14/2009 | |
| Alex Gibney | 1 | 04/24/2007 | |
| Marc Francis | 1 | 04/10/2007 | |
| Jordan Mechner | 1 | 06/07/2005 | |
| Andrew Levine | 1 | 11/30/2004 | |
| Mickey Lemle | 1 | 04/20/2004 | |
| Allen Mondell | 1 | 03/01/2005 | |
| Florence Ayisi | 1 | 11/27/2007 | |
| Patrick Creadon | 1 | 10/16/2007 | |
| Brad Lichtenstein | 1 | 02/21/2006 | |
| Daniel Kraus | 1 | 01/03/2006 | |
| Lisette Marie Flanary | 1 | 05/06/2008 | |
| Sandy Northrop | 1 | 05/17/2005 | |
| Frances McElroy | 1 | 11/15/2005 | |
| Frederick Wiseman | 1 | 05/03/2005 | |
| Richard Ladkani | 1 | 05/23/2006 | |
| Stanley Nelson Jr. | 1 | 02/17/2004 | |
| Bann Roy | 1 | 03/28/2006 | |
| Elizabeth Massie | 1 | 04/01/2008 | |
| Maria Finitzo | 1 | 01/15/2008 | |
| Yvonne Smith | 1 | 10/11/2005 | |
| Roy Westler | 1 | 01/16/2007 | |
| Billy Luther | 1 | 11/13/2007 | |
| John Scheinfeld | 1 | 11/06/2017 | |
| Frauke Sandig | 1 | 05/16/2006 | |
| Ellen Spiro | 1 | 03/21/2006 | |
| Joel Katz | 1 | 04/08/2003 | |
| Michael Gramaglia | 1 | 04/26/2005 | |
| Bernardo Ruiz | 1 | 10/09/2023 | |
| Sarita Siegel | 1 | 06/22/2015 | |
| Paul Devlin | 1 | 01/25/2005 | |
| Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins Costigan | 1 | 10/24/2006 | |
| Phillip Rodriguez | 1 | 11/23/2004 | |
| Churchill Roberts | 1 | 02/07/2006 | |
| Chris Christopher | 1 | 02/14/2006 | |
| Nisha Ganatra | 1 | 06/01/2004 | |
| Reed Harkness | 1 | 05/08/2023 | |
| Taggart Siegel | 1 | 06/13/2006 | |
| Nati Baratz | 1 | 04/07/2010 | |
| Simone Duarte | 1 | 10/18/2005 | |
| Elida Schogt | 1 | 05/03/2005 | |
| Byron Hurt | 1 | 02/20/2007 | |
| Lisa Blackstone | 1 | 11/09/2004 | |
| John Hanson | 1 | 12/20/2005 | |
| Barbara Multer-Wellin | 1 | 11/07/2006 | |
| Lexi Leban | 1 | 01/17/2006 | |
| Ela Troyano | 1 | 06/05/2007 | |
| Risa Morimoto, Linda Hoaglund | 1 | 05/05/2009 | |
| Rachel Lyon | 1 | 03/02/2007 | |
| Alan Dater | 1 | 04/14/2009 | |
| Kirby Dick | 1 | 05/13/2013 | |
| Amanda Micheli | 1 | 05/31/2005 | |
| Yoni Brook | 1 | 01/22/2008 | |
| Goro Toshima | 1 | 01/04/2005 | |
| Liz Oakley | 1 | 03/02/2004 | |
| Holly Maxson | 1 | 04/12/2005 | |
| Raymond Telles | 1 | 11/22/2005 | |
| David Petersen | 1 | 03/29/2005 | |
| Lisa Sleeth | 1 | 12/13/2005 | |
| Jon Alpert | 1 | 10/25/2005 | |
| Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson | 1 | 03/18/2008 | |
| Suzanne Wasserman | 1 | 02/22/2005 | |
| María Teresa Rodríguez | 1 | 11/15/2005 | |
| Adrian Belic | 1 | 01/23/2007 | |
| Gonzalo Arijon | 1 | 05/19/2009 | |
| Lisa Gildehaus | 1 | 02/21/2006 | |
| Jihan El-Tahri | 1 | 02/23/2010 | |
| Kief Davidson | 1 | 05/23/2006 | |
| Nicole Cattell | 1 | 12/19/2006 | |
| Joel P. Engardio | 1 | 05/22/2007 | |
| Dan Miller | 1 | 06/06/2006 | |
| David Grabias | 1 | 05/15/2007 | |
| Xiaolu Guo | 1 | 01/29/2008 | |
| Nishtha Jain, Smriti Nevatia | 1 | 03/24/2009 | |
| Rachel Grady | 1 | 05/27/2013 | |
| Jim Fields | 1 | 04/26/2005 | |
| Daniel Anker | 1 | 05/02/2006 | |
| Nick Francis | 1 | 04/10/2007 | |
| Ron Lamothe | 1 | 10/26/2004 | |
| Eric Black | 1 | 05/16/2006 | |
| Brigitte Brault | 1 | 11/16/2004 | |
| Courtney Hayes | 1 | 01/02/2007 | |
| Carvin Eison | 1 | 02/14/2006 | |
| Michael Downing | 1 | 12/21/2004 | |
| Mark Ewert | 1 | 05/31/2005 | |
| Chris Browne | 1 | 04/25/2006 | |
| Michael Peled | 1 | 04/03/2007 | |
| David Cutler | 1 | 05/31/2005 | |
| David G. Berger | 1 | 04/12/2005 | |
| Charles Burnett | 1 | 02/10/2004 | |
| Sharat Raju | 1 | 05/09/2006 | |
| Joanne Caputo | 1 | 02/15/2005 | |
| Lidia Szajko | 1 | 01/17/2006 | |
| Rebecca Dreyfus | 1 | 03/20/2007 | |
| Cal Skaggs | 1 | 11/21/2006 | |
| Yael Klopmann | 1 | 10/30/2007 | |
| Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle | 1 | 03/27/2017 | |
| David Fisher | 1 | 04/13/2004 | |
| Daresha Kyi | 1 | 06/20/2023 | |
| Jon Shenk | 1 | 04/22/2013 | |
| Shantha Bloemen | 1 | 03/23/2004 | |
| Kate Hirson | 1 | 04/12/2005 | |
| Tim Gallagher | 1 | 01/02/2007 | |
| Alexander Wiaplah | 1 | 06/22/2015 | |
| Rodney Evans | 1 | 06/14/2005 | |
| Linda Hattendorf | 1 | 05/08/2007 | |
| Leslie Sullivan | 1 | 01/11/2005 | |
| Sandra Dickson | 1 | 02/07/2006 | |
| Margarita Martinez | 1 | 04/18/2006 | |
| Paul Fierlinger | 1 | 10/24/2006 | |
| Loren Mendell | 1 | 02/03/2009 | |
| Anayansi Prado | 1 | 11/29/2005 | |
| Scott Dalton | 1 | 04/18/2006 | |
| Jonathan Robinson | 1 | 04/06/2004 | |
| Barbara Ettinger | 1 | 11/28/2006 | |
| Sedika Mojadidi | 1 | 02/13/2007 | |
| Aaron Matthews | 1 | 12/11/2007 | |
| David E. Simpson | 1 | 04/07/2009 | |
| Debbie Lum | 1 | 05/06/2013 | |
| Richard Hall | 1 | 05/27/2004 | |
| Aaron Lubarsky | 1 | 12/13/2005 | |
| Jay Rosenstein | 1 | 06/15/2004 | |
| Ramona Diaz | 1 | 05/10/2005 | |
| Spencer Nakasako | 1 | 05/11/2004 | |
| Cynthia Salzman Mondell | 1 | 03/01/2005 | |
| Kit-Yin Snyder | 1 | 05/04/2004 | |
| Maren Grainger-Monsen | 1 | 06/17/2013 | |
| Heather Rae | 1 | 04/11/2006 | |
| Tami Yeager | 1 | 05/20/2008 | |
| Meema Spadola | 1 | 05/24/2005 | |
| Rodrigo Reyes | 1 | 09/19/2023 | |
| Margaret Brown | 1 | 02/24/2009 | |
| Kim Longinotto | 1 | 11/27/2007 | |
| Ferne Pearlstein | 1 | 06/08/2004 | |
| Kayo Hatta | 1 | 05/09/2006 | |
| Julianna Brannum | 1 | 11/20/2007 | |
| Ramin Bahrani | 1 | 06/01/2010 | |
| Weijun Chen | 1 | 10/23/2007 | |
| Frank Popper | 1 | 02/27/2007 | |
| Lizzie Gottlieb | 1 | 01/08/2008 | |
| Jim Butterworth | 1 | 12/13/2005 | |
| Doug Hawes-Davis | 1 | 04/26/2012 | |
| Jan Louter | 1 | 12/12/2006 | |
| Tug Yourgrau | 1 | 06/06/2006 | |
| Sam Green | 1 | 04/27/2004 | |
| Gregg Mitman | 1 | 06/22/2015 | |
| Laura Gabbert | 1 | 03/22/2005 | |
| Robert Levi | 1 | 02/06/2007 | |
| Diane Zander | 1 | 12/14/2004 | |
| Rick Tejada-Flores | 1 | 11/22/2005 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Ko | 1 | 12/12/2006 | |
| Lois Vossen | 1 | 11/10/2009 | |
| Dick Rude | 1 | 04/26/2005 | |
| Eric Martin | 1 | 11/10/2009 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Howard | 1 | 03/02/2007 |
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