who wrote band of brothers
Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose 's 1993 non-fiction book of the same name.The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO. The series won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in 2001 for best miniseries.ince Band of Brothers focuses entirely on the exploits of E (Easy) Company during World War II, the series features a large ensemble cast. The show's main character is Lieutenant (later Captain and eventually Major) Richard Winters, played by Damian Lewis.
Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 â October 13, 2002) was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history.mbrose's earliest works concerned the Civil War. He wrote biographies of the generals Emory Upton and Henry Halleck, the first of which was based on his dissertation. Early in his career, Ambrose was mentored by World War II historian Forrest Pogue.