Ken Burns
Birthday
1953/07/29 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Ken Burns (born 1953) is a highly celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approac...Read more
Acting
(2010) A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939
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(2022) The Unmaking of a College
as Self
(2012) Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
as Himself
(2024) Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories
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(2014) OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns
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(2000) Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
(2020) Ken Burns: Here & There
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(2020) Here For A Good Time
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(2019) Very Ralph
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(2019) Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Director and Producer
(2006) Wordplay
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(2023) Spirit of Golf
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(2004) The Tony Danza Show
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(1996) The Daily Show
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(1952) Today
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(1981) This Week
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(2012) Finding Your Roots
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(1968) 60 Minutes
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(2005) The Colbert Report
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(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(2005) The Tim McCarver Show
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(2021) Back on the Record with Bob Costas
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(2012) The Mindy Project
as Ken Burns
(2009) MLB: Baseball's Seasons
as Self - Filmmaker
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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(1989) The Simpsons
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(1980) CNN Special Report
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(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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(2024) In the Know
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(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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(2007) Craft in America
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(2018) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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(2015) Difficult People
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(2021) The Problem with Jon Stewart
as Self
(2018) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
as Self