Ken Burns

Born: 1953-07-29

From: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known For: Directing

Biography

Ken Burns (born 1953) is a highly celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music a...

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2010

A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939

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2022

The Unmaking of a College

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2012

Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

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2024

Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories

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2014

OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

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2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

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2020

Ken Burns: Here & There

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2020

Here For A Good Time

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2019

Very Ralph

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2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

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2006

2004

1996

1952

1981

2012

1968

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2024

movie

Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories

In the Know

character - Self

2022

The U.S. and the Holocaust

character - Self

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The Unmaking of a College

character - Self

2021

Muhammad Ali

character - Self - Panelist

Back on the Record with Bob Costas

character - Self

2020

movie

Ken Burns: Here & There

character - Himself

movie

Here For A Good Time

character - Self

2019

movie

Very Ralph

character - Self

movie

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

character - Self - Director and Producer

2018

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

character - Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2014

movie

OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

character - Self

2012

movie

Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

character - Himself

The Mindy Project

character - Ken Burns

Finding Your Roots

character - Self

2010

movie

A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939

2009

MLB: Baseball's Seasons

character - Filmmaker

2007

Craft in America

character - Himself

2006

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Wordplay

character - Self

2005

The Colbert Report

character - Self

The Tim McCarver Show

2004

The Tony Danza Show

character - Self

2000

movie

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

character - Self

1996

The Daily Show

character - Self

1994

Baseball

character - Self - Guest

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

character - Self - Guest

1989

The Simpsons

character - Ken Burns (voice)

1981

This Week

1980

CNN Special Report

character - Self

1968

60 Minutes

character - Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

character - Self

1952

Today

character - Self

In Production - Crew

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In Prod.

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)2020-03-24

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In Prod.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2004-09-04

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In Prod.

Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2000-01-01

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In Prod.

Brooklyn Bridge

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1981-11-08

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In Prod.

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1984-11-01

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In Prod.

The Congress

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1989-03-19

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In Prod.

The Statue of Liberty

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1985-10-26

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In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)2010-09-28

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Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2010-09-28

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In Prod.

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2003-10-06

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In Prod.

The Central Park Five

Ken Burns: Screenplay (Writing)2012-05-24

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The Central Park Five

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2012-05-24

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Huey Long

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1985-09-28

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In Prod.

Mark Twain

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)2002-01-14

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In Prod.

Mark Twain

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2002-01-14

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In Prod.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1991-10-01

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In Prod.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1991-10-01

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In Prod.

The Statue of Liberty

Ken Burns: Cinematography (Crew)1985-10-26

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In Prod.

The Address

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2014-04-15

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In Prod.

Thomas Hart Benton

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)1989-10-31

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Brooklyn Bridge

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)1981-11-08

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In Prod.

The Statue of Liberty

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1985-10-26

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In Prod.

Mark Twain

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)2002-01-14

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In Prod.

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)2016-09-20

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In Prod.

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2016-09-20

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In Prod.

Lindbergh

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1990-10-01

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In Prod.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)2022-06-27

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In Prod.

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1984-11-01

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In Prod.

Huey Long

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1985-09-28

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In Prod.

Thomas Hart Benton

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)1989-10-31

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In Prod.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns: Music Director (Sound)1991-10-01

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In Prod.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)1991-10-01

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In Prod.

Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2013-12-08

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In Prod.

The Mayo Clinic

Ken Burns: Co-Director (Directing)2018-09-25

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In Prod.

Interstellar

Ken Burns: Thanks (Crew)2014-11-05

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In Prod.

The Mayo Clinic

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)2018-09-25

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In Prod.

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)2020-03-24

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In Prod.

Walden

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)2017-11-08

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In Prod.

Brooklyn Bridge

Ken Burns: Cinematography (Crew)1981-11-08

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In Prod.

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Ken Burns: Cinematography (Crew)1984-11-01

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In Prod.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)1991-10-01

In Prod.

The Civil War

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)

In Prod.

The Civil War

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Baseball

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Baseball

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Jazz

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Jazz

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

The War

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Thomas Jefferson

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The West

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

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The Dust Bowl

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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The Dust Bowl

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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Jackie Robinson

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Prohibition

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)

In Prod.

The War

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The Civil War

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Country Music

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Country Music

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Prohibition

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Prohibition

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Hemingway

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The Gene: An Intimate History

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Hemingway

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Muhammad Ali

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Muhammad Ali

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Muhammad Ali

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)

In Prod.

The Civil War

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)

In Prod.

Mark Twain

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Benjamin Franklin

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

De la poussière et des hommes

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

The American Buffalo

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Thomas Jefferson

Ken Burns: Creator (Crew)

In Prod.

The American Buffalo

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

The American Buffalo

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

College Behind Bars

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

The American Revolution

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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Leonardo da Vinci

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

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Leonardo da Vinci

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Leonardo da Vinci

Ken Burns: Creator (Crew)

In Prod.

Baseball

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Baseball

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)

In Prod.

Baseball

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Director (Directing)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Writer (Writing)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Director of Photography (Camera)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Executive Producer (Production)

In Prod.

Prohibition

Ken Burns: Creator (Creator)

In Prod.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Ken Burns: Creator (Creator)

In Prod.

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Ken Burns: Creator (Creator)

In Prod.

Leonardo da Vinci

Ken Burns: Creator (Creator)

Ken Burns

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