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Ric Burns

Ric Burns

Ric Burns

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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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.

Best known for:

The Civil War

American Experience

The Concert for New York City

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

The Donner Party

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

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

Men at Lunch

The Chinese Exclusion Act

The Pilgrims

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

New York: A Documentary Film

Coney Island

The Way West

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

New York: The City of Tomorrow

New York: The City and the World

Ansel Adams

We Shall Remain

Nantucket

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

New York Underground

New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

New York: A Documentary Film

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Filmography:

American Experience (1988)
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Producer, Director, Writer
The Civil War (1990)
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Producer
Coney Island (1991)
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Director, Producer
The Donner Party (1992)
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Director, Producer, Writer
The Way West (1995)
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Director, Writer, Producer
New York Underground (1997)
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Director
New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
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Writer, Director, Creator
New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
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Director

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The Concert for New York City (2001)
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Director, Producer, Writer
Ansel Adams (2002)
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Director
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
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Director, Writer
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
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Director, Writer, Executive Producer
We Shall Remain (2009)
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Writer, Director
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)
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Writer, Director
Death and the Civil War (2012)
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Director
The Pilgrims (2015)
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Director

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American Ballet Theatre: A History (2015)
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Director
Aufbruch in die neue Welt (2016)
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Director
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth (2016)
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Writer, Director
The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
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Writer, Director
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs (2019)
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Director
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
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Director
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021)
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Director
Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024)
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Director, Creator

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