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Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. His widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019). He was also executive producer of both The West, and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.
Birth Name
Kenneth Lauren Burns
Born
Wednesday, 29 July 1953
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| In the Know | Self | 2024 |
| The Unmaking of A College | Self | 2022 |
| The Problem with Jon Stewart | Self | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| Back on the Record with Bob Costas | Self | 2021 |
| Ken Burns: Here and There | Himself | 2020 |
| Difficult People | Ken Burns | 2020 |
| Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane | Self | 2020 |
| Very Ralph | Himself | 2019 |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Director and Producer | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The U.S. and the Holocaust | 2022 |
| Benjamin Franklin | 2022 |
| Muhammad Ali | 2021 |
| Hemingway | 2021 |
| Country Music | 2019 |
| The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science | 2018 |
| The Vietnam War | 2017 |
| Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | 2016 |
| Jackie Robinson | 2016 |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 |
| The Address | 2014 |
| The Dust Bowl | 2012 |
| The Central Park Five | 2012 |
| Prohibition | 2011 |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 |
| The War | 2007 |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2005 |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 |
| Mark Twain | 2002 |
| Jazz | 2001 |
| Seeing, Searching, Being | 2000 |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | 1999 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | 1997 |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1997 |
| Baseball | 1994 |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1992 |
| The Civil War | 1990 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | 1989 |
| The Congress | 1989 |
| Huey Long | 1986 |
| The Statue of Liberty | 1985 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Nominated |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
| 2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Won |
| 2008 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Special | Won |
| 2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Non-Fiction Series | Nominated |
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Series | Won |
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | Nominated |
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Special | Nominated |
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual - Informational Programming | Won |
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Series | Won |
| 1986 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Special | Nominated |
| 1982 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
