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Ric Burns
Ric Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.
Known for
The Civil War1990
American Experience1988
The Concert for New York City2001
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life2021
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film2006
The Donner Party1992
The Chinese Exclusion Act2017
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America2020
Filmography
- 2024Dante: Inferno to ParadiseSeriesDirector, Creator
- 2021Oliver Sacks: His Own LifeFilmDirector
- 2020Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in AmericaFilmDirector
- 2019Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and DogsFilmDirector
- 2017The Chinese Exclusion ActFilmWriter, Director
- 2017The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of AmericaFilmDirector
- 2016Aufbruch in die neue WeltFilmDirector
- 2016The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The MythFilmWriter, Director
- 2015The PilgrimsFilmDirector
- 2015American Ballet Theatre: A HistoryFilmDirector
- 2014Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National EnquirerFilmDirector, Writer
- 2013Men at LunchFilmSelf
- 2012Death and the Civil WarFilmDirector
- 2011NantucketFilmDirector
- 2010Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The WorldFilmWriter, Director
- 2009We Shall RemainSeriesWriter, Director
- 2006Andy Warhol: A Documentary FilmFilmDirector, Writer
- 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmFilmDirector, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2003New York: The Center of the WorldFilmDirector, Writer
- 2002Ansel AdamsFilmDirector
- 2001The Concert for New York CityFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 2001New York: The City of TomorrowFilmDirector
- 2001New York: The City and the WorldFilmDirector, Writer
- 1999New YorkSeriesWriter, Director, Creator
- 1999New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)FilmDirector
- 1999New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)FilmDirector
- 1999New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)FilmDirector
- 1999New York: A Documentary FilmFilmDirector
- 1997New York UndergroundFilmDirector
- 1995The Way WestSeriesDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1992The Donner PartyFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1991Coney IslandFilmDirector, Producer
- 1990The Civil WarSeriesProducer
- 1988American ExperienceSeriesProducer, Director, Writer