Ric Burns

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Ric Burns

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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…

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American Experience

American Experience

6.5 1988 TV Show
The Civil War

The Civil War

7.9 1990 TV Show
New York: A Documentary Film

New York: A Documentary Film

7.5 1999 TV Show
The Concert for New York City

The Concert for New York City

5.1 2001 Movie
We Shall Remain

We Shall Remain

6.0 2009 TV Show
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

8.2 2006 Movie
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

7.6 2021 Movie
The Donner Party

The Donner Party

7.0 1992 Movie
Coney Island

Coney Island

8.0 1991 Movie
The Chinese Exclusion Act

The Chinese Exclusion Act

8.0 2017 Movie
Dante: Inferno to Paradise

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

6.0 2024 TV Show
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

2006 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Dante: Inferno to Paradise

    TV show Director

  2. 2021
    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    Movie Director

  3. 2020
    Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

    Movie Director

  4. 2019
    Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs

    Movie Director

  5. 2017
    The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America

    Movie Director

  6. 2017
    The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Movie Writer

  7. 2016
    The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

    Movie Director

  8. 2016
    Aufbruch in die neue Welt

    Movie Director

  9. 2015
    The Pilgrims

    Movie Director

  10. 2015
    American Ballet Theatre: A History

    Movie Director

  11. 2014
    Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer

    Movie Director

  12. 2013
    Men at Lunch

    Movie Self

  13. 2012
    Death and the Civil War

    Movie Director

  14. 2011
    Nantucket

    Movie Director

  15. 2010
    Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

    Movie Writer

  16. 2009
    We Shall Remain

    TV show Writer

More credits
  1. 2006
    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Movie Director

  2. 2006
    Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    Movie Director

  3. 2003
    New York: The Center of the World

    Movie Director

  4. 2002
    Ansel Adams

    Movie Director

  5. 2001
    The Concert for New York City

    Movie Director

  6. 2001
    New York: A Documentary Film

    Movie Producer

  7. 2001
    New York: The City and the World

    Movie Director

  8. 2001
    New York: The City of Tomorrow

    Movie Director

  9. 1999
    New York: A Documentary Film

    Movie Director

  10. 1999
    New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

    Movie Director

  11. 1999
    New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

    Movie Director

  12. 1999
    New York: A Documentary Film

    TV show Writer

  13. 1999
    New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)

    Movie Director

  14. 1997
    New York Underground

    Movie Director

  15. 1995
    The Way West

    TV show Director

  16. 1992
    The Donner Party

    Movie Director

  17. 1991
    Coney Island

    Movie Director

  18. 1990
    The Civil War

    TV show Producer

  19. 1988
    American Experience

    TV show Producer