Editing Ken Burns (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Ken Burns 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Burns with the [[Peabody Award]] for ''[[The Central Park Five (documentary film)|The Central Park Five]]'' in 2014]]
Altogether Burns's work has garnered several awards, including two Oscar nominations, two Grammy Awards and 15 Emmy Awards.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="PBS">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/about-the-filmmakers/ken-burns|website=Pbs.org|title=About the filmmakers|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715163831/http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/about-the-filmmakers/ken-burns|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1982 nomination, [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature#1980s|Academy Award for Documentary Feature]]: ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (film)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' (1981);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|title=The 54th Academy Awards &#124; 1982|website=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>
* 1986 nomination, Academy Award for Documentary Feature: ''[[The Statue of Liberty (film)|The Statue of Liberty]]'' (1985);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986|title=The 58th Academy Awards &#124; 1986|website=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>
* 1995 [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Informational Series: ''[[Baseball (TV series)|Baseball]]'' (1994);
* 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series: ''[[The National Parks: America's Best Idea]]'' (2009).

''The Civil War'' received more than 40 major film and television awards, including two [[Emmy Award]]s, two [[Grammy Award]]s (one for [[Best Traditional Folk Album]]), the Producer of the Year Award from the [[Producers Guild of America]], a [[People's Choice Award]], a [[Peabody Award]], a [[duPont-Columbia Award]], a [[D.&nbsp;W. Griffith Award]], and the $50,000 [[Lincoln Prize]].<ref>{{Citation|title=The Civil War|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098769/awards|access-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/the-civil-war|title=Nonesuch Records The Civil War [Soundtrack]|website=Nonesuch.com|date=November 30, 1990 |language=en|access-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/about/about-overview/#/|title=About the Series {{!}} The Civil War {{!}} PBS|website=Pbs.org|access-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref>

In 1991, Burns received the [[National Humanities Medal]], then called the [[Charles Frankel]] Prize in the Humanities.

In 1991, Burns received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

In 2004, Burns received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National Winners &#124; public service awards|publisher=Jefferson Awards.org|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008 Burns was honored by the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] with a [[List of lifetime achievement awards|Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2008 Burns received The Lincoln Forum's [[Richard Nelson Current]] Award of Achievement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thelincolnforum.org/richard-nelson-current-award-of-achievement |title=The Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement |year=2008 |work=The Lincoln Forum |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[National Parks Conservation Association]] honored him and [[Dayton Duncan]] with the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks. The award recognizes an individual or organization that has effectively communicated the values of the National Park System to the American public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npca.org/resources/3286-awards-and-recognition|title=Awards and Recognition|website=National Parks Conservation Association}}</ref>
{{as of|2010}}, there is a Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuhnriddle.com/portfolio/educational/liebling-center/|publisher=Kuhn Riddle Architects|title=Hampshire College – The Ken Burns Wing|year=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402192616/http://kuhnriddle.com/portfolio/educational/liebling-center/|archive-date=April 2, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Burns was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=ken+burns&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-04-02|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

In 2012, Burns received the [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] International Humanities Medal.<ref>[https://magazine.wustl.edu/2013/February/Pages/Ken-Burns-Wash-U-Humanities-Medal.aspx "Ken Burns Recognized for Epic Contributions to the Humanities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616154541/https://magazine.wustl.edu/2013/February/Pages/Ken-Burns-Wash-U-Humanities-Medal.aspx |date=June 16, 2016 }}, ''Washington Magazine'', February 2013.</ref> The medal, awarded biennially and accompanied by a cash prize of $25,000, is given to honor a person whose humanistic endeavors in scholarship, journalism, literature, or the arts have made a difference in the world. Past winners include Turkish novelist [[Orhan Pamuk]] in 2006, journalist [[Michael Pollan]] in 2008, and novelist and nonfiction writer [[Francine Prose]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pages.wustl.edu/figure/humanities-medal-jan-2014|title=Washington University's International Humanities Medal &#124; the Figure in the Carpet|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930172215/https://pages.wustl.edu/figure/humanities-medal-jan-2014|archive-date=September 30, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2013, Burns received the [[John Steinbeck Award]], an award presented annually by Steinbeck's eldest son, Thomas, in collaboration with the John Steinbeck Family Foundation, [[San Jose State University]], and the [[Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2013/ken-burns-to-receive-steinbeck-award/|title=Ken Burns to Receive Steinbeck Award|publisher=SJSU News|access-date=December 25, 2013}}</ref>

In May 2015, Burns gave the commencement address at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and received an honorary doctorate of humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-15 |title=Ken Burns' 2015 Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2015/05/ken-burns-2015-commencement-address-at-washington-university-in-st-louis/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=The Source |language=en-US}}</ref>

Burns was the [[Grand Marshal]] for the 2016 [[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]]' [[Rose Parade]] on New Year's Day in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Cormaci|first=Carol|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ken-burns-grand-marshal-20151110-story.html|title=Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns named 2016 Rose Parade grand marshal|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2016 }}</ref> The [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] selected Burns to deliver the 2016 [[Jefferson Lecture]], the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the [[humanities]], on the topic of race in America.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manly|first=Lorne|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/ken-burns-to-discuss-race-in-jefferson-lecture/|title=Ken Burns to Discuss Race in Jefferson Lecture|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 2016|access-date=March 12, 2016 }}</ref> He was the 2017 recipient of [[The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal]] at [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/05/11/ken-burns-follow-the-better-angels-of-their-nature-grads-are-told/|title=Follow the better angels of their nature, grads are told|first=Jim|last=Patterson|website=Vanderbilt University}}</ref>

In 2019, he received an honorary degree from [[Brown University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190423/ken-burns-john-krasinski-to-get-honorary-degrees-from-brown-university|title=Ken Burns, John Krasinski to get honorary degrees from Brown University|website=providencejournal.com}}</ref>

In 2022 he served as the commencement speaker at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and received an Honorary Doctor of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/penns-2022-commencement-speaker-and-honorary-degree-recipients#:~:text=Penn's%202022%20Commencement%20Speaker%20and%20Honorary%20Degree%20Recipients,-March%201%2C%202022&text=Award%2Dwinning%20documentary%20filmmaker%20Ken,an%20honorary%20degree%20from%20Penn.|title=Penn's 2022 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients|website=University of Pennsylvania Alamanac}}</ref>