Editing Ken Burns (section)

==Florentine Films==
In 1976, Burns, Elaine Mayes, and college classmate [[Roger Sherman (filmmaker)|Roger Sherman]] founded a production company called Florentine Films in Walpole, New Hampshire. The company's name was borrowed from Mayes's hometown of [[Florence, Massachusetts|Florence]], Massachusetts. Another Hampshire College student, Buddy Squires, was invited to succeed Mayes as a founding member one year later.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.documentary.org/magazine/florentine-four-ken-burns-and-partners-look-back-30-years-documentary-production |title=The Florentine Four: Ken Burns and Partners Look Back on 30 Years of Documentary Production |publisher=International Documentary Association |access-date=September 19, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.documentary.org/magazine/outstanding-documentary-achievement-cinematography-award-visual-poet-buddy-squires|title=Outstanding Documentary Achievement in Cinematography Award: The Visual Poet: Buddy Squires |publisher=International Documentary Association |access-date=September 19, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The trio were later joined by a fourth member, [[Lawrence Hott|Lawrence "Larry" Hott]]. Hott did not actually matriculate at Hampshire, but worked on films there. Hott had begun his career as an attorney, having attended nearby [[Western New England Law School]].<ref name=":0" />

Each member works independently, but releases content under the shared name of Florentine Films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.florentinefilms.com/ |title=Florentine Films – Burns, Hott, Sherman & Squires |website=Florentinefilms.com|access-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref> As such, their individual "subsidiary" companies include ''Ken Burns Media'', ''Sherman Pictures'', and ''Hott Productions''. Burns's oldest child, [[Sarah Burns (writer filmmaker)|Sarah]], is also an employee of the company as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://kenburns.com/the-filmmakers/ |title=The Filmmakers – Ken Burns |publisher=kenburns.com |access-date=September 19, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>