Education:University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Pioneer High School
N/A
Community
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.
Filmography (30 movies)
10.0
10.0
New York: The City and the World
2001
Writer
10.0
10.0
New York: The City of Tomorrow
2001
Director
10.0
10.0
Nantucket
2011
Director
9.0
9.0
New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)
1999
Director
8.2
8.2
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006
Director
8.0
8.0
Ansel Adams
2002
Director
8.0
8.0
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017
Director
8.0
8.0
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
2020
Director
7.7
7.7
The Pilgrims
2015
Director
7.4
7.4
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2021
Director
7.2
7.2
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
2014
Writer
7.0
7.0
The Way West
1995
Producer
6.8
6.8
The Donner Party
1992
Writer
6.5
6.5
Men at Lunch
2013
as Self
6.0
6.0
Coney Island
1991
Producer
4.8
4.8
The Concert for New York City
2001
Writer
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
2016
Director
Aufbruch in die neue Welt
2016
Director
New York: The Center of the World
2003
Writer
American Ballet Theatre: A History
2015
Director
New York Underground
1997
Director
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010
Writer
New York: A Documentary Film
1999
Director
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
Executive Producer
New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)
1999
Director
New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)
1999
Director
Death and the Civil War
2012
Director
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs
2019
Director
New York: A Documentary Film
2001
Writer
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America