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Ken Burns
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1953Born, Brooklyn
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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 and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music director in addition to producing and directing. He…
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2021Muhammad AliDirector · 4 episodes · Writer · 4 episodes · Executive Producer · 4 episodesShow
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2019College Behind BarsExecutive Producer · 4 episodesShow
2019Country MusicExecutive Producer · 8 episodes · Director · 1 episodeShow
2018The Mayo ClinicDirector · Writer · Executive ProducerMovie
2017WaldenExecutive ProducerMovie
2017The Vietnam WarProducer, Executive Producer · 10 episodes · Director · 1 episodeShow
2016Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' WarExecutive Producer · DirectorMovie
2016Jackie RobinsonDirector · 2 episodesShow
2015Difficult PeopleKen Burns · 1 episodeShow
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2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryDirector · 7 episodes · Writer · 7 episodes · CreatorShow
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2012The Dust BowlDirector · 2 episodes · Producer · 2 episodesShow
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2010Baseball: The Tenth InningWriter · DirectorMovie
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2007The WarExecutive Producer · 7 episodes · Director · 7 episodesShow
2005Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonDirector · 2 episodes · Producer · 2 episodesShow
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonDirectorMovie
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripDirectorMovie
2002Mark TwainProducer · Director · Director of PhotographyMovie
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1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryDirector · 2 episodes · Producer · 2 episodesShow
1997Thomas JeffersonDirector · 2 episodes · Creator · 2 episodesShow
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1985The Statue of LibertyDirector · Cinematography · ProducerMovie
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1981Brooklyn BridgeDirector · Director of Photography · CinematographyMovie
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