Person
Ric Burns
Directing · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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.
Known for
American Experience
Producer
The Civil War
Producer
The Concert for New York City
Director
New York: A Documentary Film
Writer
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Writer
The Donner Party
Director
Men at Lunch
Self
New York Underground
Director
Coney Island
Director
Aufbruch in die neue Welt
Director
Filmography
- 2024Dante: Inferno to ParadiseDirector
- 2021Oliver Sacks: His Own LifeDirector
- 2020Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in AmericaDirector
- 2019Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and DogsDirector
- 2017The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of AmericaDirector
- 2017The Chinese Exclusion ActWriter
- 2016The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The MythDirector
- 2016Aufbruch in die neue WeltDirector
- 2015The PilgrimsDirector
- 2015American Ballet Theatre: A HistoryDirector
- 2014Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National EnquirerDirector
- 2013Men at LunchSelf
- 2012Death and the Civil WarDirector
- 2011NantucketDirector
- 2010Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The WorldWriter
- 2009We Shall RemainWriter
- 2006Andy Warhol: A Documentary FilmDirector
- 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmDirector
- 2003New York: The Center of the WorldDirector
- 2002Ansel AdamsDirector
- 2001The Concert for New York CityDirector
- 2001New York: A Documentary FilmProducer
- 2001New York: The City and the WorldDirector
- 2001New York: The City of TomorrowDirector
- 1999New York: A Documentary FilmDirector
- 1999New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)Director
- 1999New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)Director
- 1999New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)Director
- 1999New York: A Documentary FilmWriter
- 1997New York UndergroundDirector
- 1995The Way WestDirector
- 1992The Donner PartyDirector
- 1991Coney IslandDirector
- 1990The Civil WarProducer
- 1988American ExperienceProducer
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