Production & Real-World Impact
17 entries in the House of Cards compendium.
Production & Real-World Impact — Era Chart
Beau WillimonThe showrunner who developed the American *House of Cards* for Netflix.Kevin SpaceyThe architect of power who whispered his schemes directly into the viewer's ear.Michael DobbsThe British author whose 1989 novel House of Cards launched a political thriller franchiseRobin WrightThe woman who wielded power with ice-cold grace and an unyielding will.Kate MaraThe intrepid reporter who becomes a major ally to Frank Underwood by leaking stories that Corey StollThe doomed congressman whose fall from grace launched a political empire.Ted SarandosThe executive force who turned a political thriller into a streaming revolution.Reed HastingsThe Netflix co-founder who bet on streaming original content.NetflixThe platform that let a con man speak directly to every viewer in the world.Barack ObamaThe president who never walked into the Underwood kitchen, yet cast a long shadow over eveRoss SpencerThe man who carried Frank's empire on his back until the weight broke him.David FincherThe director who turned a political thriller into a cold, intimate conversation with the c2016 United States Presidential ElectionThe board was set. The pieces were still moving. And nobody was in charge.Paul AbbottA ghost in the machine of D.C.'s most infamous political drama.Donald TrumpThe show wrote its own villain; the world supplied its own, and viewers couldn't stop compBBCEight series of backroom knives in the heart of Westminster, broadcast to a nation that reFrank UnderwoodA man who treats democracy as a chessboard and the camera as his only honest friend.
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