Bill Gardner
Vice President, Programming & Development, PBS
Bill Gardner oversees content strategy, development and production for the PBS Primetime schedule in the genres of history, culture, natural history and science. During his time at PBS, projects he commissioned or oversaw have won three Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a Dupont-Columbia Award, an Imagen Award, an NAACP Image Award and numerous Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and Wildscreen Awards. International co-productions he has developed or commissioned have also earned several BAFTA and Grierson Awards. Before joining PBS in 2012 Gardner spent over a decade in the independent production world, working as director, producer, writer and show runner on projects for multiple global networks, with production experience in over 30 countries. Bill holds a Masters Degree in cultural anthropology and has taught university courses in Arkansas and Marrakech, Morocco.
Bill Gardner oversees content strategy, development and production for the PBS Primetime schedule in the genres of history, culture, natural history and science. During his time at PBS, projects he commissioned or oversaw have won three Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a Dupont-Columbia Award, an Imagen Award, an NAACP Image Award and numerous Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and Wildscreen Awards. International co-productions he has developed or commissioned have also earned several BAFTA and Grierson Awards. Before joining PBS in 2012 Gardner spent over a decade in the independent production world, working as director, producer, writer and show runner on projects for multiple global networks, with production experience in over 30 countries. Bill holds a Masters Degree in cultural anthropology and has taught university courses in Arkansas and Marrakech, Morocco.
