RECENT CREDITS
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (TV)  Oct. 2, 2007
Real Time With Bill Maher (TV)  Sep. 28, 2007
Late Show With David Letterman (TV)  Sep. 26, 2007
Colbert Report (TV)  Nov. 1, 2005
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HIGHLIGHTS
Has cited the death of his mother and afterward seeing his father cry only while watching a movie as the reasons he became a filmmaker.
Started his production company, Florentine Films, at age 22.
Received an Oscar nomination for producing his first documentary, Brooklyn Bridge, in 1981.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The National Parks: America's Best Idea  
Cinematographer, Director, Producer
TV


In the Marketplace  
Director, Producer
Film


William Segal  
Director, Producer
Film


Gettysburg  1993 -Hancock's Aide
Actor
Film


Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Extra Innings  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 1 - Our Game  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 2 - Something Like War  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 4 - A National Heirloom  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 5 - Shadow Ball  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 6 - A National Pastime  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 7 - The Capital of Baseball  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 8 - A Whole New Ballgame  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 9 - Home  
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Ken Burns' America: Brooklyn Bridge  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' America: Huey Long  
Director, Producer
Film


Ken Burns' America: The Congress  
Director, Producer
Film


Ken Burns' America: The Shakers  
Director, Producer
Film


Ken Burns' America: The Statue of Liberty  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' America: Thomas Hart Benton  
Director, Producer
Film


Alone in the Dark   -Cop at House
Actor
Film


Frank Lloyd Wright  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 1: Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917   -Narrator
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Voice
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 10: A Masterpiece by Midnight, 1961-Present  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 2: The Gift, 1917-1924  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 3: Our Language, 1924-1928  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 4: The True Welcome, 1929-1935  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 5: Swing - Pure Pleasure, 1935-1937  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 7: Dedicated to Chaos, 1940-1945  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 8: Risk, 1945-1946  
Director, Producer
Film


Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 9: The Adventure, 1956-1961  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 1  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 2  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Ken Burns' The War [TV Documentary Series]  
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Film


Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery  
Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Cinematographer, Book Author
Film


Medal of Honor  
Executive Producer
Film


Seeing, Searching, Being  
Director
Film


The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo  
Consultant/advisor
Film


The West: Death Runs Riot  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: Empire Upon the Trails  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: Fight No More Forever  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: Ghost Dance  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: One Sky Above Us  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: Speck of the Future  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: The Geography of Hope  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: The Grandest Enterprise Under God  
Executive Producer
Film


The West: The People  
Executive Producer
Film


Thomas Hart Benton: Tom Benton's Missouri  
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Film


Thomas Jefferson  
Director, Producer
Film


Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson  
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Film


Vezelay  
Director
Film




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Highlights

Has cited the death of his mother and afterward seeing his father cry only while watching a movie as the reasons he became a filmmaker.
Started his production company, Florentine Films, at age 22.
Received an Oscar nomination for producing his first documentary, Brooklyn Bridge, in 1981.
In 1990, was the director, producer, and music director for the series The Civil War, which won more than 40 television and film awards.
His 1994 documentary Baseball became, at the time, the most watched series in PBS history with over 45 million viewers.
Became co-owner of the Restaurant at L.A. Burdick Chocolate, which opened in 2000.
Popularized a filming technique known as the Ken Burns Effect that involves zooming in on photographs and panning across the subjects in the still images.


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