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==Filmography== [[File:"The Vietnam War" Preview and Conversation with Ken Burns.webm|thumb|Conversation with Ken Burns about ''[[The Vietnam War (film)|The Vietnam War]]''. Video by the LBJ Library]] * ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (film)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' (1981)<ref group="lower-alpha" name="name">Listed as "Kenneth Lauren Burns"</ref> * ''[[The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God]]'' (1984)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[The Statue of Liberty (film)|The Statue of Liberty]]'' (1985)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[Huey Long (film)|Huey Long]]'' (1985)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[Thomas Hart Benton (film)|Thomas Hart Benton]]'' (1988)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[The Congress (1988 film)|The Congress]]'' (1988)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]]'' (1990; 9 episodes)<ref name="name" group="lower-alpha" /> * ''[[Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio]]'' (1992) * ''[[Baseball (TV series)|Baseball]]'' (1994; 9 episodes – updated with ''[[Baseball (TV series)#The Tenth Inning|The Tenth Inning]]'' in 2010, with [[Lynn Novick]]) * ''[[Thomas Jefferson (film)|Thomas Jefferson]]'' (1997; 2 episodes) * ''[[Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery]]'' (1997) * ''[[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'' (1998, with [[Lynn Novick]])<ref>{{Citation|title=Frank Lloyd Wright|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144937/|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[Not for Ourselves Alone|Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony]]'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/ourselves_alone/ourselves-alone.html|title=Not for Ourselves Alone. JMMH video review|website=www.albany.edu|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[Jazz (TV series)|Jazz]]'' (2001; 10 episodes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/jazz/|title=Home {{!}} Ken Burns|website=Jazz|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[Mark Twain (documentary)|Mark Twain]]'' (2002) * ''[[Horatio's Drive|Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip]]'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/horatios-drive/|title=Home {{!}} Ken Burns|website=Horatio's Drive|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson]]'' (2005; 2 episodes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unforgivable-blackness/|title=Home {{!}} Ken Burns|website=Unforgivable Blackness|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[The War (miniseries)|The War]]'' (2007, with Lynn Novick; 7 episodes) * ''[[The National Parks: America's Best Idea]]'' (2009; 6 episodes) * ''[[Prohibition (miniseries)|Prohibition]]'' (2011, with Lynn Novick; 3 episodes)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/|title=Prohibition|publisher=[[PBS]].org|date=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504033223/http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/|archive-date=May 4, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''[[The Dust Bowl (film)|The Dust Bowl]]'' (2012; 2 episodes)<ref name="OETA">{{cite web|url=http://www.oeta.tv/engage/472-ken-burns-seeking-dustbowl-stories.html|title=Ken Burns Seeking Dustbowl Stories|publisher=OETA|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906072055/http://www.oeta.tv/engage/472-ken-burns-seeking-dustbowl-stories.html|archive-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> * ''[[The Central Park Five (documentary film)|The Central Park Five]]'' (2012, with [[Sarah Burns (writer filmmaker)|Sarah Burns]] and David McMahon)<ref name=florentine>{{cite web|url=http://www.florentinefilms.com/ffpages/FFIntro-frameset.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102154459/http://www.florentinefilms.com/ffpages/FFIntro-frameset.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2013|title=Introduction|publisher=FlorentineFilms.com|date=n.d.}}</ref> * ''Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit'' (2013)<!----(December 8, 2013) with [[Dayton Duncan]]---><ref>[http://yosemite-conservancy.mybigcommerce.com/yosemite-a-gathering-of-spirit/ The World Premiere of Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060903/http://yosemite-conservancy.mybigcommerce.com/yosemite-a-gathering-of-spirit/|date=October 23, 2013}}, [http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/ Yosemite Conservancy] Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> * ''[[The Address (film)|The Address]]'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/4/140405-ken-burns-gettysburg-address-abraham-lincoln-greenwood-school-world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205104220/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/4/140405-ken-burns-gettysburg-address-abraham-lincoln-greenwood-school-world/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2019|title=Q&A: Ken Burns Discusses His New Documentary, The Address|date=2014-04-05|website=National Geographic News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[The Roosevelts (miniseries)|The Roosevelts: An Intimate History]]'' (2014; 7 episodes)<ref name=florentine /><ref name="PBS-20140910">{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Frazier|title=PBS' 'The Roosevelts' portrays an epic threesome|url=http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140910/us--tv-roosevelts-d4b60e65ce.html|date=September 10, 2014|work=[[AP News]]|access-date=September 10, 2014|archive-date=September 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200244/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140910/us--tv-roosevelts-d4b60e65ce.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''[[Jackie Robinson (film)|Jackie Robinson]]'' (2016, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon; 2 episodes)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/filmmaker-ken-burns-discusses-upcoming-projects-wash-u-commencement-speech-more|title=Filmmaker Ken Burns discusses upcoming projects, Wash U commencement speech, more|last=Cladwell|first=Evita|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=St. Louis Public Radio|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> * ''[[Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War]]'' (2016, with Artemis Joukowsky)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defyingthenazis.org/|title=Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War; A new film directed by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> * ''[[The Vietnam War (TV series)|The Vietnam War]]'' (2017, with Lynn Novick; 10 episodes)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kenburns.com/films/vietnam/|title=Vietnam|publisher= Ken Burns media|date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> * ''The Mayo Clinic: Faith – Hope – Science'' (2018, with Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers) * ''[[Country Music (miniseries)|Country Music]]'' (2019, 8 episodes)<ref name="country music">{{cite web|title=Upcoming Films|url=http://kenburns.com/films/country-music/|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref> * ''[[Hemingway (film)|Hemingway]]'' (2021, with Lynn Novick; 3 episodes)<ref name="hemingway">{{cite web|title=Ernest Hemingway|url=http://kenburns.com/films/ernest-hemingway/|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> * ''[[Muhammad Ali (film)|Muhammad Ali]]'' (2021, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon; 4 episodes)<ref name="Ali">{{cite web|title=Ali|url=http://kenburns.com/films/ali/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> * ''[[Benjamin Franklin (film)|Benjamin Franklin]]'' (2022, 2 episodes)<ref name="Franklin">{{cite web|title=Benjamin Franklin|url=http://kenburns.com/films/benjamin-franklin/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> * ''[[The U.S. and the Holocaust]]'' (2022, 3 episodes, 7 hours total; produced and directed with the assistance of Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein)<ref name="holocaust">{{cite web|title=The Holocaust & the United States|url=http://kenburns.com/films/the-holocaust-the-united-states/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> * ''[[The American Buffalo]]'' (2023, 2 episodes)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ken Burns|url=https://kenburns.com/films/the-american-buffalo/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mabie |first=Nora |date=January 18, 2023 |title=New Ken Burns film on buffalo includes Indigenous voices from Montana |url=https://missoulian.com/news/local/new-ken-burns-film-on-buffalo-includes-indigenous-voices-from-montana/article_3c18d6cf-f42f-578b-9663-736683527be4.html |access-date=2023-02-09 |work=Missoulian |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[Leonardo da Vinci (2024 film)|Leonardo da Vinci]]'' (2024, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon; 2 episodes)<ref name="Burns bio">{{cite web|title=Ken Burns|url=https://kenburns.com/films/leonardo-da-vinci/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> ===Future releases=== * ''[[The American Revolution (2025 series)|The American Revolution]]'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/ken-burns-revolutionary-war-george-washington-streaming-1235669475/ |title=Ken Burns on 'Complicated Narrative' Of His Forthcoming Revolutionary War Project, Busting 1776 Myths And Looking Afresh At George Washington |last=Hayes |first=Dade |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=2023-12-15 }}</ref> * ''Henry David Thoreau'' (2026, as Executive Producer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry David Thoreau |url=https://kenburns.com/films/henry-david-thoreau/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Ken Burns |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Emancipation to Exodus'' (2027, with David McMahon, Sarah Burns, and Erika Dilday)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marchese |first=David |date=2021-03-15 |title=Ken Burns Still Has Faith in a Shared American Story |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/15/magazine/ken-burns-interview.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emancipation to Exodus |url=https://kenburns.com/films/emancipation-to-exodus/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Ken Burns |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''LBJ & the Great Society'' (2028, with Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LBJ & the Great Society |url=https://kenburns.com/films/lbj-the-great-society/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Ken Burns |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Caumont |first=Félix |date=April 16, 2025 |title=Raconte-moi l’Amérique... un café avec Ken Burns |url=https://orleans.radiocampus.org/actualite-emission/ken-burns/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Radio Campus Orléans 88.3 FM |language=fr-FR, en-EN}}</ref> ===Short films=== These three short films are collected and distributed together as ''Seeing, Searching, Being: [[William Segal]]''. * ''William Segal'' (1992)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/arts/television/01burns.html|title=PBS to Show Ken Burns Films on William Segal|last=Jensen|first=Elizabeth|date=July 29, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 5, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * ''Vezelay'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.documentary.org/feature/accidental-historian-ken-burns-mines-americas-past|title=The Accidental Historian: Ken Burns Mines America's Past|date=December 10, 2002|website=International Documentary Association|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> * ''In the Marketplace'' (2000) ===As an executive producer=== * ''[[The West (miniseries)|The West]]'' (1996) (directed by Stephen Ives)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/producers/ives.htm|title=PBS – THE WEST – Stephen Ives|website=www.pbs.org|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * ''[[Cancer (film)|Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies]]'' (2015)<ref name="NYT-20150327"/> (directed by Barak Goodman) * ''Walden'' (short, 2017) (directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)<ref>{{cite web|title=Walden|url=http://www.ewersbrothers.com/walden-1|website=ewers brothers production|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226120959/http://www.ewersbrothers.com/walden-1|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns'' (2019) (directed by Don Carr)<ref>{{cite web|title=Country Music: Live at the Ryman DVD|url=https://shop.pbs.org/country-music-live-at-the-ryman-dvd/product/CMLR601|website=Shop.PBS.org|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]]|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226120955/https://shop.pbs.org/country-music-live-at-the-ryman-dvd/product/CMLR601|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''[[College Behind Bars]]'' (2019) (directed by Lynn Novick)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/show/college-behind-bars/|title=College Behind Bars | PBS|via=www.pbs.org}}</ref> * ''East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story'' (2020) (directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon)<ref>{{cite web|title=East Lake Meadows|url=http://kenburns.com/films/east-lake-meadows-a-public-housing-story/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> * ''[[The Gene: An Intimate History]]'' (2020) (directed by Chris Durrance and Jack Youngelson)<ref>{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Jillian|title=PBS sets April air date for Ken Burns documentary on human genetics|url=https://realscreen.com/2020/02/19/pbs-sets-april-air-date-for-ken-burns-documentary-on-human-genetics/|access-date=February 26, 2020|work=[[Realscreen]]|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd.|date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> * ''Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness'' (2022) (directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)<ref>{{cite web|title=Hiding in Plain Sight|url=https://kenburns.com/films/hiding-in-plain-sight-youth-mental-illness/|website=Ken Burns|publisher=Ken Burns Media, LLC|access-date=September 21, 2022}}</ref> ===As an actor=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=October 2023}} * ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (film; 1993) – Hancock's staff officer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/10/my-experience-on-set-of-the-movie-gettysburg-1.html|title=Part I: My experience on set of the movie "Gettysburg"|date=October 17, 2012|website=National Museum of American History|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> * ''[[Clifford's Puppy Days]]'' – Season 1, episode 24a ("Lights, Camera, Action"; 2005) – self * ''[[The Simpsons]]'': ** Season 14, episode 10 ("[[Pray Anything]]"; 2003) - self/ did not voiced ** Season 22, episode 22 ("[[The Ned-liest Catch]]"; 2012) - self/ voiced ** Season 24, episode 1 ("[[Moonshine River]]"; 2012) – self/ voiced ** Season 30, episode 22 ("[[Woo-Hoo Dunnit?]]"; 2019) – self/ voiced ** Season 35, episode 4 ("Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"; 2023) - self/ voiced * ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' – Season 3, episode 11 ("Christmas"; 2014) – self/ voiced * ''[[Difficult People]]'' – Season 2, episode 4 ("Blade Stallion"; 2016) – self/ voiced
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