ABC and NBC Before landing at
60 Minutes with CBS News, Bach had worked at
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and
National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Bach joined
60 Minutes in 2004. While working at
60 Minutes, Bach earned two Emmy Awards for his investigative journalism and production efforts with CBS News. After Bach and Gelber had collaborated on two separate stories related to climate change for
60 Minutes, they realized it was the most crucial news topic worthy of additional stories. They knew they wanted to focus more on the topic, but were cognizant of the fact that they could not simply inform their supervisors at
60 Minutes that they would intend to only focus on one solitary news issue of climate change. Bach and Gelber both left
60 Minutes together in order to devote more time and energy to their climate change project. Together in 2011 they founded the company to focus these efforts, Roaring Fork Films — in the process Bach described they both left, "the best job in TV,
60 Minutes."
Microsoft co-founder,
Paul Allen, used his company
Vulcan Inc. to allocate $1.8 million towards education and marketing related to the project. Fellow film and television executive
Jerry Weintraub convinced Bach and Gelber to instead make the production into a television series. After Bach and Gelber successfully enlisted Weintraub and film director
James Cameron as executive producers of the television documentary project, multiple celebrities joined soon thereafter — including
Harrison Ford,
Jessica Alba,
Matt Damon, and
Arnold Schwarzenegger. The series debuted on Showtime in 2014. The project received a generally positive media reception.
Columbia Journalism Review noted the show "drew praise", while
The Guardian observed, "the series has very high standards of accuracy." He and Gelber also won the 2014
Environmental Media Award in the category, Outstanding Achievement for Environmental Content. For season two of the series, Bach reached out to
David Letterman after discovering he showed specific attention to climate change issues on his CBS program
Late Show with David Letterman. Bach and Gelber sent David Letterman to India for the second season, to interview the country's prime minister
Narendra Modi about energy issues. For their second season, Bach and Gelber continued to use celebrity star power to bring attention to climate change, and additionally provided more examples of solutions and direct methods on how interested parties can address the issue. Their work on the second season of
Years of Living Dangerously was again recognized by the
Environmental Media Awards, with another nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Environmental Content. ==Filmography==