During his 25 years in the PBS system as a Senior Editor and Producer, Chris Bové has crafted more than 500 completed hours of programming, including documentaries, multi-camera programs, series, shorts, teasers, promos, digital content, and campaigns.
"My documentary work is guided by strong journalistic standards and a commitment to editorial integrity. I value accuracy, context, and simplifying complex stories into engaging, fact-driven narratives that inform and connect with audiences.
One's best work comes from a shared commitment to thoughtful storytelling, open communication, and serving the story with clarity and credibility. I take pride in being dependable, adaptable, and attentive to the details that bring a project to completion."
Filmography (abridged)
Following is an abridged filmography, containing the highlights of each genre. These represent my qualitative works.
Single Camera Film and TV as Editor
America's Stairway (APT / PBS)
Winner: Emmy Award (Documentary: Historical, NY NATAS)
Winner: Silver Telly Award (Documentary)
The Songpoet (NETA / PBS)
Winner: Gold Telly Award (Editing)
Winner: Silver Telly Award (Cinematography, Directing, Documentary, Biography)
Winner: Bronze Telly Award (Music, Music Video)
Winner: ASCAP Media Award
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic (PBS)
Winner: CINDY Award (Gold)
Lake of Betrayal (Vision Maker Media / PBS)
Winner: Silver Telly Award (Documentary)
Cinema Veritas Award (Documentary)
Nomination: Telly Award (Editing)
Mark Russell's America (PBS)
Mark Russell's Years In Review (PBS-D)
Glorious Battle: The Siege of Fort Erie
The Canadian Rockies by Rail (PBS)
Winner: CINDY Award (Silver)
Cruising the Mighty Mississippi (PBS)
Spend Well, Live Rich: Michelle Singletary (PBS)
Elbert Hubbard: An American Original (PBS)
Winner: Gold Telly Award (Documentary)
Winner: CINE Golden Eagle
Nomination: Emmy Award
Dangerous Silence: AIDS (PBS)
Nomination: Emmy Award (Documentary)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo (PBS)
Winner: Gold Telly Award (Documentary)
Winner: CINE Golden Eagle
Fort Niagara: Struggle for a Continent (PBS)
Nomination: Emmy Award
Driven to Play (PBS)
Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story
Polonia (PBS)
Winner: Gold Telly Award (Documentary)
Winner: Silver Telly Award (Editing)
Winner: Aurora Award (Silver)
Remembering Crystal Beach Park
Taking Charge of your Child's Future (PBS)
Frederic Law Olmsted: Designing Western NY
Discovering NY Suffrage Stories (PBS)
Nominated: Emmy Award
Winner: Communicator Award
Reimagining a Buffalo Landmark
Winner: Gold CINDY Award
Buffalo's Voices of Steel
Ralph: The Ralph Wilson Story (PBS)
Winner: CINDY Award (Silver)
Remembering WNY
Toronto's First Family of Theatre
Winner: Gold CINDY Award
1812 on the Niagara Frontier
Buffalo's First Ward
Winner: Silver CINDY Award
Chefs of Toronto
Wineries of Southern Ontario
Wineries of Western New York
Our City Buffalo
Our Town: Niagara-on-the-Lake
Our Town: East Aurora
Our Town: Orchard Park
Our Town: Clarence
Our Town: Brantford
Multi-Camera TV as Editor
Mark Russel Comedy Specials (Series)
A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein
Saving a Landmark (Series)
TIFF: Behind the Festival
Shaw Festival Season Preview
Kidsvention (Series)
Erie County Debate (multi-year Series)
NY State Debate (multi-year Series)
Buffalo Architecture
Buffalo Eduction Convocation
Chautauqua Season Preview
A Conversation with Dan Bratton
As Additional Editor, Online Editor, Colorist, or Packaging Editor
The War of 1812 (APT/PBS)
Niagara Falls (APT/PBS)
Daredevils of Niagara Falls (APT)
The Marines (APT/PBS)
Underground Railroad: William Still (APT/PBS)
Winner: CINE Golden Eagle
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America (APT)
America's Stairway (APT/PBS)
Unforgettable Augustus Post (APT)
The Warrior Tradition (PBS)
Klondike Gold Rush (PBS)
The Shaw Festival: Behind the Curtain (PBS)
The Adirondacks (PBS)
Winner: CINE Golden Eagle
Chautauqua: An American Narrative (PBS)
Hockey: More than a Game (PBS)
Window to the Sea (PBS)
Bell Aria (PBS)
Girls of the North Country (PBS)
3 Tenors (PBS)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Music Programs as Editor
Slash's Snakepit: Ain't Life Grand, LIVE
Talas: At the Waterfront
Charlie Hunter: Live at the Tralf
Kenny Neal: A Little Bit of Blues
Junior Brown in Concert
The JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition (series)
BPO Musician Portraits (series)
Short Films
Winner: CINE Golden Eagle
Winner: more than 30 jury and audience awards
Davy & Stu (Colorist)
Official Selection: Danville International Children's Film Festival
Stealing Manhattan
Caravan
Waste
Snackable Content & Interstitials
Making Buffalo Home (series)
- Community Filmmaker: Akram Shibley
- Community Filmmaker: Jamshid Vafai
- Community Filmmaker: Tom Gadelrab
- Community Filmmaker: Lisa Khoury
- Profile: Hassan Al-Mufti
- Profile: Akruti Babaria
- Profile: Joe Di Leo
- Profile: Kang Guot
- Profile: Beh Meh
- Profile: Juweria Dahir
Flavors from Home (series)
- Poland: Kielbasa
- Colombia: Carne Guisada
- Vietnam: Vietnamese Family Favorites
- Korea: Bulgogi
- Nigeria: Jollof Rice
Reach-out: Recognize Relationship Abuse
Winner: Bronze Telly Award
Winner: Communicator Award
- Get Help
WNED 50th Anniversary (series)
Classical 94.5 40th Anniversary Tribute
Goldie Gardner: A Tribute
Buffalo Architecture (series)
Salute to Non-Profits (series)
Thousands of promos, trailers, teasers, and tags throughout the years.
Agency, Corporate, Educational Work
Avid Technology
Erie 2 BOCES
SUNY at Buffalo State
Medaille College
- Love Canal (Honors Program)
- Bug Stuffing
D'Youville College
HSBC Bank
M&T Bank
Kaleida Health
Catholic Medical Partners
Ehan Allen
Ashley Furniture
Dunkin Donuts
Garden of Life
Tops Friendly Markets
Jeffrey Freedman Associates
Ryan Homes
Golf Galaxy
Allergan
Ads for various political candidates
Ad agencies and partnerships by contract:
Scene & Herd Productions
Eric Mower
FARM / SKG Group
The Partnership, Ltd.
Studio Z
Telesco Creative Group
Account One
Taverno Productions
Travers Collins Productions
Chris King Productions