Ric Burns

Ric Burns (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s. He was involved in the making of the PBS series The Civil War (1990), which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns.

Ric Burns
Ric Burns (left) with Brian Keane (1995)
Born1955 (age 6768)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilmmaker, writer

Some movies

  • Coney Island (1991)
  • The Donner Party (1992) on the Donner Party
  • The Way West (1995)
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999; expanded 2003)
  • Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002)
  • Columbia: A Celebration (2003)
  • Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
  • We Shall Remain (2009), on Native Americans
  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World (2010)
  • Nantucket (2011)
  • Death and the Civil War (2012)
  • Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014)
  • American Ballet Theatre: A History (2015)
  • Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History (2015)
  • The Pilgrims (2015)
  • VA: The Human Cost of War (2017)
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2018)
  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)
  • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)

Other websites

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