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Ric Burns

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1955-01-01 (69 years old)

Biography

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.

Filmography

all 42

Movies 37

Director 34

TV Shows 5

Producer 4

self 2

Writer 2

Creator / Director

Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024)

Director

Ric Burns

Biography

Filmography

all 42

Movies 37

Director 34

TV Shows 5

Producer 4

self 2

Writer 2

Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024)

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021)

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)

Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs (2019)

The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America (2017)

VA: The Human Cost of War (2017)

The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth (2016)

Aufbruch in die neue Welt (2016)

The Pilgrims (2015)

American Ballet Theatre: A History (2015)

Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014)

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq (2014)

Men at Lunch (2013)

Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself (2012)

Death and the Civil War (2012)

Nantucket (2011)

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)

We Shall Remain (2009)

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)

New York: The Center of the World (2003)

Ansel Adams (2002)

New York: A Documentary Film (2001)

The Concert for New York City (2001)

New York: The City and the World (2001)

New York: The City of Tomorrow (2001)

New York: A Documentary Film (1999)

New York: Cosmopolis (1919–1931) (1999)

New York: The Power and the People (1898–1918) (1999)

New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898) (1999)

New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865) (1999)

New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825) (1999)

New York: A Documentary Film (1999)

New York Underground (1997)

The Way West (1995)

The Donner Party (1992)

Coney Island (1991)

The Civil War (1990)

The Congress (1989)

American Experience (1988)

The Statue of Liberty (1985)

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Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1955-01-01 (69 years old)

Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States

FatherRobert Kyle Burns

MotherLynn Smith Burns

CitizenshipsUnited States

Credited with

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1955-01-01 (69 years old)

Birth Place
Baltimore, United States

Father
Robert Kyle Burns

Mother
Lynn Smith Burns

Citizenships
United States