Ken Burns
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-07-29 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known As
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Ken Burns
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 as writer, cinematographer, editor and music dire...
Acting
2022
as Self
2012
2020
as Himself
2020
as Self
2019
as Self
2019
as Self - Director and Producer
2006
as Self
2023
as Self
Production
2020
as Producer
2004
2010
as Director
1981
as Director
1984
as Director
1989
as Director
1985
as Director
2010
as Writer
2010
as Director
2003
as Director
2012
as Screenplay
2012
as Director
1985
as Director
2002
as Producer
2002
as Director
1991
as Director
1991
as Producer
1985
as Cinematography
2014
as Director
1989
as Director
1981
as Director of Photography
1985
as Producer
2002
as Director of Photography
2016
as Executive Producer
2016
as Director
1990
as Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
1984
as Producer
1985
as Producer
1989
as Producer
1991
as Music Director
1991
as Executive Producer
2013
as Director
2014
as Thanks
2018
as Director
2020
as Executive Producer
2017
as Executive Producer
1981
as Cinematography
1984
as Cinematography
1991
as Director of Photography
2018
as Writer
2018
as Executive Producer
1998
as Director
1998
as Executive Producer
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