Ric Burns

Ric Burns

Known for
Directing
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2024
Dante: Inferno to Paradise poster

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

TV · Director · 2 eps

2021
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life poster

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

Movie · Director

2020
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America poster

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Movie · Director

2019
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs poster

Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs

Movie · Director

2017
The Chinese Exclusion Act poster

The Chinese Exclusion Act

Movie · Director

2017
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America

The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America

Movie · Director

2016
Aufbruch in die neue Welt poster

Aufbruch in die neue Welt

Movie · Director

2016
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth poster

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

Movie · Director

2015
The Pilgrims poster

The Pilgrims

Movie · Director

2015
American Ballet Theatre: A History poster

American Ballet Theatre: A History

Movie · Director

2014
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer

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

Movie · Director

2012
Death and the Civil War poster

Death and the Civil War

Movie · Director

2011
Nantucket

Nantucket

Movie · Director

2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World poster

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

Movie · Director

2009
We Shall Remain poster

We Shall Remain

TV · Director · 5 eps

2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film poster

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Movie · Director

2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film poster

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Movie · Director

2003
New York: The Center of the World

New York: The Center of the World

Movie · Director

2002
Ansel Adams poster

Ansel Adams

Movie · Director

2001
New York: The City of Tomorrow

New York: The City of Tomorrow

Movie · Director

2001
The Concert for New York City poster

The Concert for New York City

Movie · Director

2001
New York: The City and the World

New York: The City and the World

Movie · Director

1999
New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

Movie · Director

1999
New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

Movie · Director

1999
New York: A Documentary Film poster

New York: A Documentary Film

Movie · Director

1999
New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)

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

Movie · Director

1999
New York poster

New York

TV · Director · 10 eps

1997
New York Underground poster

New York Underground

Movie · Director

1995
The Way West poster

The Way West

TV · Director · 4 eps

1992
The Donner Party poster

The Donner Party

Movie · Director

1991
Coney Island poster

Coney Island

Movie · Director

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · Director · 1 ep