Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Eric Avila

1. Lost L.A. (2016– )

Documentary, History

A collaboration between the USC Libraries and KCETLink, featuring the member collections of L.A. as Subject, a research alliance dedicated to preserving and telling the sometimes-hidden stories and histories of the Los Angeles region.

Stars: Nathan Masters, Eric Avila, William Deverell, Michael Holland

Votes: 32

2. American Style (2019)

Documentary, History

From fashion to pop culture, the series examines how through decades America's style and iconic moments reflected the country's political and social climate.

Stars: Christie Brinkley, Tim Gunn, Diane von Fürstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger

Votes: 103

3. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Griffith Park (2019)

Documentary, History

Explore one of the nation's largest municipal parks and discover how it hasn't always lived up to its founder's vision of a public recreation ground for all.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Mike Eberts, Michael Holland, Alison Rose Jefferson, Nathan Masters

4. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Three Views of Manzanar (2019)

Documentary, History

One of ten camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII, California's Manzanar was photographed by outsiders Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams-and by incarceree Toyo Miyatake, who captured scenes from within.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Paul Kitagaki, Nathan Masters, Rose Masters, Alan Miyatake

5. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Bootlegger Tunnels (2019)

Documentary, History

Explore the subterranean myths of Prohibition-era Los Angeles, crawl through bootlegger tunnels, and visit some of the city's oldest speakeasies.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Philip M. Dobard, Chris Kasten, Nathan Masters, Cedd Moses

6. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Paul Revere Williams (2019)

Documentary, History

Pioneering African-American architect Paul Revere Williams contributed to some of the city's most recognizable civic structures-all while confronting racial barriers.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Eric Avila, Arthur Chang, Rebecca Choi, Janna Ireland

7. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Discovering the Universe (2019)

Documentary, History

Visit the underground vault of the Carnegie Observatories and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory, once the world capital of astronomy.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Nathan Masters, Tom Meneghini, John Mulchaey, Allison Strom

8. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Shindana Toy Company (2019)

Documentary, History

Manufacturing ethnically correct black dolls in the wake of the Watts riots, South L.A.-based Shindana Toy Company left a lasting mark on the American doll industry.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Doris Conner, Tuesday Conner, David Crittendon, Billie Green

9. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Who Killed the Red Car? (2022)

Documentary, History

In "Who Killed the Red Car?" host Nathan Masters rides a restored streetcar with Southern California Railway Museum co-founder Harvey Laner.

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Victoria Bernal, Ethan Elkind, Lila Higgins, Daveed Kapoor

10. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries (2024)

Documentary, History

Visit Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, and Hollywood Forever to see how L.A. reinvented the cemetery. Lost LA host Nathan Masters and UCLA's Eric ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Bass | Stars: Eric Avila, Karie Bible, Susan Dickinson, James Fishburne

11. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Borderlands (2017)

TV-PG | 27 min | Documentary, History

Interconnected lives of three people that lived through California's transition from native land to Spanish colony and from Mexican province to American state.

Director: Elia Urquiza | Stars: Nathan Masters, Eric Avila, Richard Bugbee, Kelly Caballero

12. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Wild West (2017)

TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History

Examines L.A.'s efforts to reckon with its violent past by examining hanging trees and remnants of vigilant justice; the 1871 massacre of 18 Chinese immigrants; and railroad promotions that painted a picture of L.A. as a verdant paradise.

Directors: Andrew Ahn, Giulia Caruso, Logan Kibens, Ki Jin Kim | Stars: Nathan Masters, Roger Steffens, Phil Brigandi, William Deverell

13. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Building the Metropolis (2017)

TV-PG | 25 min | Documentary, History

Redwood, iron, concrete - these are the materials that gave form to Los Angeles and shaped its identity in the national imagination. This show also questions the cultural legacy and environmental costs of the city's relentless growth.

Directors: Logan Kibens, Norbert Shieh, Elia Urquiza | Stars: Nathan Masters, Eric Avila, William Deverell, Jared Farmer

14. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Dream Factory (2017)

TV-PG | 24 min | Documentary, History

The career of filmmaker Lois Weber, who rose to greatness in a nascent film industry open to women in creative leadership positions. The Central Casting Bureau which cast minorities in background roles while white actors got leading parts.

Directors: Logan Kibens, Ki Jin Kim | Stars: Nathan Masters, Shelley Stamp, Hilary Hallett, Sinclair Yip

15. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Coded Geographies (2017)

TV-PG | 25 min | Documentary, History

Explores two underground guidebooks - The Negro Travelers' Green Book and The Address Book - that reveal the hidden geographies many Angelenos had to navigate, exposing Los Angeles as a place of coded segregation and resistance.

Directors: Adebukola Bodunrin, Logan Kibens | Stars: Nathan Masters, Marc Bellenger, Lisa Ben, Joseph Hawkins

16. Lost L.A. (2016– )
Episode: Pacific Rim (2017)

TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History

Americans have long looked at the California shore and seen the end of the continent. Instead, this show interprets that sandy edge as the beginning of a Pacific world.

Director: Ki Jin Kim | Stars: Nathan Masters, Eric Avila, Alex Espinoza, Charles Oihe Hamasaki

17. American Style (2019)
Episode: War Boots to Work Suits (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History

American soldiers go to war, and women go to work. The influence of Hollywood expands, the economy grows, and the fashion world transformed. 1950s America, amidst an unprecedented expansion... See full summary »

Directors: Dan Partland, Michael Selditch | Stars: Eric Avila, Jeffrey Banks, Todd Boyd, Christie Brinkley

Votes: 13

18. American Style (2019)
Episode: Born to Be Wild (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History

A new president and a new sense of confidence bring great changes to society. The youth culture comes into its own, and fashion, like politics, will go to extremes. Out of the turmoil of ... See full summary »

Directors: Dan Partland, Michael Selditch | Stars: Eric Avila, Jeffrey Banks, Lisa Birnbach, Todd Boyd

Votes: 12

19. American Style (2019)
Episode: Material World (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, History

The Reagan presidency ushers in a new era of optimism which leads to extravagance, excess and eventual greed. Brands capitalize on the spending while Wall Street capitalizes on the public. ... See full summary »

Directors: Dan Partland, Michael Selditch | Stars: Ted Allen, Eric Avila, Jeffrey Banks, Lisa Birnbach

Votes: 8

20. American Style (2019)
Episode: 21st Century Vogue (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, History

As the millennium draws to a close, fashion pushes back against the excess of the 80's and women make strides in the workplace and the media. In the 2000s, a new decade brings a brave new ... See full summary »

Directors: Dan Partland, Michael Selditch | Stars: Ted Allen, Eric Avila, Jeffrey Banks, Johanna Blakey

Votes: 9