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Douglas Brinkley
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history co…
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Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.
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- 2026
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2023
Rather
Movie Self - Historian & Author
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2022
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
Movie Self
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2020
Fandango at the Wall
Movie Self
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2020
Public Trust
Movie Self - Professor of History at Rice University
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2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
TV show
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2017
The Nineties
TV show
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2017
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Movie Self - Presidential Historian
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2016
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
Movie Himself
- 2013
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2013
Henry Ford
Movie Himself
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2010
Race
Movie Himself
- 2010
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2009
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Movie Self
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2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie Self
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2005
The Colbert Report
TV show
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2004
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
Movie Self
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1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV show Self
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Untitled Walter Cronkite Biopic
Movie Book
