Ric Burns
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.
Personal Details
Movies (30)
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Director (Directing)
2021
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Director (Directing)
2020
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs
Director (Directing)
2019
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America
Director (Directing)
2017
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Writer (Writing)
2017
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
Writer (Writing)
2016
Aufbruch in die neue Welt
Director (Directing)
2016
The Pilgrims
Director (Directing)
2015
American Ballet Theatre: A History
Director (Directing)
2015
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
Director (Directing)
2014
Men at Lunch
as Self
2013
Death and the Civil War
Director (Directing)
2012
Nantucket
Director (Directing)
2011
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Writer (Writing)
2010
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Director (Directing)
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Director (Directing)
2006
New York: The Center of the World
Director (Directing)
2003
Ansel Adams
Director (Directing)
2002
The Concert for New York City
Director (Directing)
2001
New York: A Documentary Film
Director (Directing)
2001
New York: The City and the World
Director (Directing)
2001
New York: The City of Tomorrow
Director (Directing)
2001
New York: A Documentary Film
Director (Directing)
1999
New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)
Director (Directing)
1999
New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)
Director (Directing)
1999
New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)
Director (Directing)
1999
New York Underground
Director (Directing)
1997
The Way West
Director (Directing)
1995
The Donner Party
Director (Directing)
1992
Coney Island
Director (Directing)
1991
