Ric Burns

Known for: Directing
Movies: 29

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.1

The Concert for New York City

2001

7.6

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

2021

8.2

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

2006

7.0

The Donner Party

1992

8.0

The Chinese Exclusion Act

2017

6.5

Men at Lunch

2013

8.0

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

2020

7.7

The Pilgrims

2015

8.5

Ansel Adams

2002

8.0

Coney Island

1991

Filmography

2013

Men at Lunch

Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2021	Oliver Sacks: His Own Life	Director
2020	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America	Director
2019	Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs	Director
2017	The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America	Director
2017	The Chinese Exclusion Act	Writer, Director
2016	The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth	Director, Writer
2016	Aufbruch in die neue Welt	Director
2015	The Pilgrims	Director
2015	American Ballet Theatre: A History	Director
2014	Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer	Director, Writer
2012	Death and the Civil War	Director
2011	Nantucket	Director
2010	Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World	Writer, Director
2006	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	Director, Writer
2006	Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film	Director, Writer
2003	New York: The Center of the World	Director, Writer
2002	Ansel Adams	Director
2001	The Concert for New York City	Director, Producer, Writer
2001	New York: A Documentary Film	Producer, Director, Writer
2001	New York: The City and the World	Director, Writer
2001	New York: The City of Tomorrow	Director
1999	New York: A Documentary Film	Director
1999	New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)	Director
1999	New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)	Director
1999	New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)	Director
1997	New York Underground	Director
1992	The Donner Party	Director, Writer, Producer
1991	Coney Island	Director, Producer

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