The Pacific Century was a 1992
PBS Emmy Award winning ten part documentary series narrated by
Peter Coyote about the rise of the
Pacific Rim economies.
Alex Gibney was the writer for the series, and
Frank Gibney, his father, wrote the companion trade book,
The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World. The companion college textbook,
Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, was written and edited by E. Mark Borthwick. The series was a co-production of the Pacific Basin Institute and
KCTS-TV in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the
Annenberg Foundation.