Ken Burns

Ken Burns
Birthdate:
July 29, 1953
Birthplace:
Brookyln, New York

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  • Burns' 'Prohibition' looks at the fruits of forbidding alcohol

    ...Sunday through Tuesday, Oct. 2-4, on PBS (check local listings), "Prohibition," from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick -- who most recently teamed up for "'The War" -- looks at the forces that brought about the National......

  • 'Prohibition'

    Premiering on home video the same week it makes its debut on PBS, the latest documentary miniseries from Ken Burns - the celebrated mentor of "The Civil War" and "Baseball" - and his frequent collaborator Lynn Novick examines......

  • Burns' 'The Tenth Inning' hits it out of the park on PBS

    ...backward, mitt outstretched to catch a pop-up, infuses baseball with eternal optimism. "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns ," the 18.5-hour 1994 documentary , beautifully and exhaustively captured the subject -- up to that point......

  • 'Baseball: The Tenth Inning'

    Rarely does an existing documentary get an update, but genre titan Ken Burns has done that - in collaboration with filmmaking partner Lynn Novick - by adding an additional chapter to his ode to the sport......

  • Ken Burns surveys splendor of our 'National Parks' for PBS

    ...trips can find year-round pleasure at some of the country's crown jewels: its national parks. Documentarian Ken Burns chronicles the sprawling, often politically charged history of how those preservation areas came into being in "The......

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