Ken Burns
Ken Burns | |
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.jpg) Burns in 2025 | |
| Born | Kenneth Lauren Burns 29 July 1953 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | Hampshire College |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Amy Stechler
(m. 1982–1993)Julie Deborah Brown
(m. 2003) |
Kenneth Lauren Burns [1] (born July 29, 1953)[1] is an American director and producer of documentary movies. He is known for his style of using archive footage and photographs. Burns is also a historian and writer.[1]
His most widely known documentaries include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011) and The Central Park Five (2012). His movies have been nominated for two Academy Awards, and have won Emmy Awards, among other honors.[1]
Burns was born on July 29, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York[1] His ancestors owned slaves, and one was a Confederate soldier.[2][3] He is also related to one of his heroes, Abraham Lincoln.[4] He studied at Hampshire College.[1]
Burns was married to Amy Stechler from 1982 until they divorced in 1993.[1] He married Julie Deborah Brown in 2003, and in 2017 they were still married.[1] Burns said that he is influenced by Shelby Foote and Errol Morris.[5]
Ken Burns Media
Ken Burns in a Boston Red Sox cap in 2010
Burns speaks at the Library of Congress in 2019
Burns previewing The American Revolution (2025) at the LBJ Presidential Library at UT Austin
Burns with the Peabody Award for The Central Park Five in 2014
A demonstration of the filmography of the Ken Burns effect
Conversation with Ken Burns about The Vietnam War. Video by the LBJ Library
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Ken Burns Biography (1953-)Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ↑ Finding Your Roots: Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns Uncovers Lincoln Connection (in en-US). Ancestry Blog (2014-10-29). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Ben Affleck Requested His Slave-Owner Ancestor Be Censored From PBS' 'Finding Your Roots'. Hollywood Reporter (2015-04-17). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Press, By David Bauder, Associated. Ken Burns researches his distant relatives (in en-US). Oshkosh Northwestern. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ↑ Bragg, Meredith. Ken Burns on PBS Funding, Being a 'Yellow-Dog Democrat,' & Missing Walter Cronkite. Reason (October 3, 2011).
Other websites
Media related to Ken Burns at Wikimedia Commons
- Florentine Films—Ken Burns's production company
- Ken Burns at Allmovie
- Ken Burns on IMDb
- Ken Burns on PBS
- Ken Burns bibliography Archived 2013-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Ken Burns at Library of Congress Authorities — with 54 catalog records
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