Ken Burns

Ken Burns

KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.

The American Revolution

The American Revolution

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Blood Memory

Blood Memory

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Our America

Our America

Ken Burns
The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Country Music

Country Music

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Grover Cleveland, Again!

Grover Cleveland, Again!

Ken Burns; illustrated by Gerald Kelley
The Roosevelts

The Roosevelts

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
The War

The War

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Baseball

Baseball

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
The National Parks

The National Parks

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Jazz

Jazz

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
The Civil War

The Civil War

Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns with Ric Burns and Ken Burns

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