Ken Burns
Directing
Born July 29, 1953 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 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…
Known For · 37 titles
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
Late Show with David Letterman
The Colbert Report
The View
60 Minutes
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Mindy Project
Today
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
The Tony Danza Show
Finding Your Roots
Difficult People
This Week
CNN Special Report
Craft in America
The Problem with Jon Stewart
MLB: Baseball's Seasons
In the Know
The Tim McCarver Show
Back on the Record with Bob Costas
Very Ralph
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Spirit of Golf
Wordplay
The Unmaking of a College
Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories
Ken Burns: Here & There
OETA's On the Record: Ken Burns
A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939
Here For A Good Time