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Ken Burns
Burns in 2018
Born
Kenneth Lauren Burns

(1953-07-29)July 29, 1953(age 70)
Brooklyn,New York, U.S.
Alma materHampshire College(BA)
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1970–present
Notable work
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
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    (m.1982;div.1993)​
  • Julie Deborah Brown
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    (m.2003)​
Children
RelativesRic Burns(brother)
Websitekenburns

Kenneth Lauren Burns[1](born July 29, 1953) is an Americanfilmmakerknown for hisdocumentaryfilms and television series, many of which chronicleAmericanhistoryandculture.His work is often produced in association withWETA-TVor theNational Endowment for the Humanitiesand distributed byPBS.

Burns's widely known documentary series includeThe Civil War(1990),Baseball(1994),Jazz(2001),The War(2007),The National Parks: America's Best Idea(2009),Prohibition(2011),The Roosevelts(2014),The Vietnam War(2017), andCountry Music(2019). He was also executive producer of bothThe West(1996), andCancer: The Emperor of All Maladies(2015).[2]Burns's documentaries have earned twoAcademy Awardnominations (for 1981'sBrooklyn Bridgeand 1985'sThe Statue of Liberty) and have won severalEmmy Awards,among other honors.

Early life and education[edit]

Burns was born on July 29, 1953,[1]in Brooklyn, New York, to Lyla Smith (née Tupper) Burns,[3]a biotechnician,[4]and Robert Kyle Burns Jr., at the time a graduate student in cultural anthropology atColumbia Universityin Manhattan.[3]The documentary filmmakerRic Burnsis his younger brother.[5][6]

Burns's academic family moved frequently. Among places they called home wereSaint-Véran,France;Newark,Delaware; andAnn Arbor,Michigan, where his father taught at theUniversity of Michigan.[4]

Burns's mother was found to havebreast cancerwhen he was three, and she died when he was 11,[4]a circumstance that he said helped shape his career; he credited his psychologist father-in-law, Gerald Stechler,[7]with a significant insight: "He told me that my whole work was an attempt to make people long gone come back alive."[4]Well-read as a child, he absorbed the family encyclopedia, preferring history to fiction.

Upon receiving an8 mm filmmovie camera for his 17th birthday, he shot a documentary about an Ann Arbor factory. He graduated fromPioneer High Schoolin Ann Arbor in 1971.[8]Turning down reduced tuition at the University of Michigan, he attendedHampshire Collegein Amherst, Massachusetts, where students are graded through narrative evaluations rather than letter grades and where students create self-directed academic concentrations instead of choosing a traditional major.[4]

Burns worked in a record store to pay his tuition. Living on as little as $2,500 in two years inWalpole, New Hampshire,[9]Burns studied under photographersJerome Liebling,Elaine Mayes,and others. He earned hisBachelor of Artsdegree in film studies and design[10]in 1975.[4]

Florentine Films[edit]

In 1976, Burns, Elaine Mayes, and college classmateRoger Shermanfounded a production company called Florentine Films in Walpole, New Hampshire. The company's name was borrowed from Mayes's hometown ofFlorence,Massachusetts. Another Hampshire College student, Buddy Squires, was invited to succeed Mayes as a founding member one year later.[11][12]The trio were later joined by a fourth member,Lawrence "Larry" Hott.Hott did not actually matriculate at Hampshire, but worked on films there. Hott had begun his career as an attorney, having attended nearbyWestern New England Law School.[11]

Each member works independently, but releases content under the shared name of Florentine Films.[13]As such, their individual "subsidiary" companies includeKen Burns Media,Sherman Pictures,andHott Productions.Burns's oldest child,Sarah,is also an employee of the company as of 2020.[14]

Career[edit]

Burns speaks at theLibrary of Congressin 2019

Burns initially worked as acinematographerfor theBBC,Italian television, and others. In 1977, having completed some documentaryshort films,he began work on adaptingDavid McCullough's bookThe Great Bridge,about the construction of theBrooklyn Bridge.[10]Developing a signature style of documentary filmmaking in which he "adopted the technique of cutting rapidly from one still picture to another in a fluid, linear fashion [and] then pepped up the visuals with 'first hand' narration gleaned from contemporary writings and recited by top stage and screen actors",[15]Burns made the feature documentaryBrooklyn Bridge(1981),[16]which was narrated by David McCullough, and earned anAcademy Awardnomination for Best Documentary and ran onPBSin the United States.

Following another documentary,The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God(1984), Burns was Oscar-nominated again forThe Statue of Liberty(1985). Burns frequently collaborates with author and historianGeoffrey C. Ward,notably on documentaries such asThe Civil War,Jazz,Baseball,and the 10 part TV seriesThe Vietnam War(aired September 2017).

Burns has built a long, successful career directing and producing well-received television documentaries and documentaryminiseries.His oeuvre covers diverse subjects including art (Thomas Hart Benton,1988), mass media (Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio,1991), sports (Baseball,1994, updated with10th Inning,2010), political history (Thomas Jefferson,1997), music (Jazz,2001;Country Music,2019), literature (Mark Twain,2001;Hemingway,2021), environmentalism (The National Parks,2009), and war (the 15-hourWorld War IIdocumentaryThe War,2007; the 11-hourThe Civil War,1990, whichAll Media Guidesays "many consider his 'chef d'oeuvre'").[15]

In 2007, Burns made an agreement with PBS to produce work for the network well into the next decade.[17]According to a 2017 piece inThe New Yorker,Burns and his company, Florentine Films, have selected topics for documentaries slated for release by 2030. These topics includecountry music,theMayo Clinic,Muhammad Ali,Ernest Hemingway,theAmerican Revolution,Lyndon B. Johnson,Barack Obama,Winston Churchill,the American criminal justice system, andAfrican-American historyfrom the Civil War to theGreat Migration.[18]On April 5, 2021,Hemingway,a three-episode, six-hour documentary, a recapitulation of Hemingway's life, labors, and loves, debuted on thePublic Broadcasting System,co-produced and directed by Burns andLynn Novick.[19]

Personal life[edit]

In 1982, Burns married Amy Stechler. The couple had two daughters,SarahandLilly.[20][10]Their marriage ended indivorcein 1993.

As of 2017,Burns was residing in Walpole, New Hampshire. He and Julie Deborah Brown, daughter of Leslie Mundjer and theSmith Barneysenior vice presidentRichard Brown and stepdaughter of Ellen Brown, married on October 18, 2003. Julie Deborah Brown founded Room to Grow, a non-profit providing aid to babies in poor families.[21]They have two daughters.

Burns is a descendant ofJohannes de Peyster Sr.through Gerardus Clarkson, anAmerican Revolutionary Warphysician fromPhiladelphia,and he is a distant relative ofScottishpoetRobert Burns.[22][23]In 2014, Burns appeared inHenry Louis Gates'sFinding Your Rootswhere he discovered that he is a descendant of aslave ownerfrom theDeep South,in addition to having a lineage which traces back to Colonial Americans ofLoyalistallegiance during theAmerican Revolution.[24]

Burns is an avidquiltcollector. About one-third of the quilts from his personal collection were displayed atThe International Quilt Study Center & Museumat theUniversity of Nebraskafrom January 19 to May 13, 2018.[25]

When asked if he would ever make a film regarding his mother Lyla, Burns responded: "All of my films are about her. I don't think I could do it directly, because of how intensely painful it is."[4]

Politics[edit]

Burns is a longtime supporter of theDemocratic Party,describing himself as a “Yellow dog Democrat”and contributing almost $40,000 in political donations.[26]In 2008, theDemocratic National Committeechose Burns to produce the introductory video for SenatorTed Kennedy's August 2008 speech to theDemocratic National Convention,a video described byPoliticoas a "Burns-crafted tribute casting him [Kennedy] as the modernUlyssesbringing his party home to port. "[27][28]

In August 2009, Kennedy died, and Burns produced a shorteulogyvideo at his funeral. In endorsingBarack Obamafor the U.S. presidency in December 2007, Burns compared Obama toAbraham Lincoln.[29]He said he had planned to be a regular contributor toCountdown with Keith OlbermannonCurrent TV.[30]In 2016, he also gave a commencement speech forStanford UniversitycriticizingDonald Trump.[31][32]

In 2020, Burns endorsedEd Markeyin the Massachusetts Senate Democratic Primary.[33]

In 2023, a 2013 photograph of Ken Burns andClarence Thomasat aKoch Brothersfundraising event was made public in aPro Publicaarticle about Justice Thomas' ties to right wing activists.[34]Burns stated that the encounter was a brief social encounter resulting fromCharles Koch's support ofPBSprogramming.[35]

Awards and honors[edit]

Burns with thePeabody AwardforThe Central Park Fivein 2014

Altogether Burns's work has garnered several awards, including two Oscar nominations, two Grammy Awards and 15 Emmy Awards.[16][36]

The Civil Warreceived more than 40 major film and television awards, including twoEmmy Awards,twoGrammy Awards(one forBest Traditional Folk Album), the Producer of the Year Award from theProducers Guild of America,aPeople's Choice Award,aPeabody Award,aduPont-Columbia Award,aD. W. Griffith Award,and the $50,000Lincoln Prize.[39][40][41]

In 1991, Burns received theNational Humanities Medal,then called theCharles FrankelPrize in the Humanities.

In 1991, Burns received the Golden Plate Award of theAmerican Academy of Achievement.[42]

In 2004, Burns received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually byJefferson Awards.[43]

In 2008 Burns was honored by theAcademy of Television Arts & Scienceswith aLifetime Achievement Award.[16]

In 2008 Burns received The Lincoln Forum'sRichard Nelson CurrentAward of Achievement.[44]

In 2010, theNational Parks Conservation Associationhonored him andDayton Duncanwith the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks. The award recognizes an individual or organization that has effectively communicated the values of the National Park System to the American public.[45] As of 2010,there is a Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College.[46]

Burns was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 2011.[47]

In 2012, Burns received theWashington UniversityInternational Humanities Medal.[48]The medal, awarded biennially and accompanied by a cash prize of $25,000, is given to honor a person whose humanistic endeavors in scholarship, journalism, literature, or the arts have made a difference in the world. Past winners include Turkish novelistOrhan Pamukin 2006, journalistMichael Pollanin 2008, and novelist and nonfiction writerFrancine Prosein 2010.[49]

In 2013, Burns received theJohn Steinbeck Award,an award presented annually by Steinbeck's eldest son, Thomas, in collaboration with the John Steinbeck Family Foundation,San Jose State University,and TheNational Steinbeck Center.[50]

In May 2015, Burns gave the commencement address atWashington University in St. Louisand received an honorary doctorate of humanities.[51]

Burns was theGrand Marshalfor the 2016Pasadena Tournament of Roses'Rose Paradeon New Year's Day inPasadena,California.[52]TheNational Endowment for the Humanitiesselected Burns to deliver the 2016Jefferson Lecture,the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in thehumanities,on the topic of race in America.[53]He was the 2017 recipient ofThe Nichols-Chancellor's MedalatVanderbilt University.[54]

In 2019, he received an honorary degree fromBrown University.[55]

In 2022 he served as the commencement speaker at theUniversity of Pennsylvaniaand received an Honorary Doctor of Arts.[56]

Style[edit]

Burns frequently incorporates simple musical leitmotifs or melodies. For example,The Civil Warfeatures a distinctive violin melody throughout, "Ashokan Farewell",which was performed for the film by its composer, fiddlerJay Ungar.One critic noted, "One of the most memorable things aboutThe Civil Warwas its haunting, repeated violin melody, whose thin, yearning notes seemed somehow to sum up all the pathos of that great struggle. "[57]

Ken Burns effect

Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming out subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. It has long been used in film production where it is known as the "rostrum camera".This technique, possible in many professional and home software applications, is now termed the"Ken Burns effect"inApple'siPhoto,iMovie,andFinal Cut Pro Xsoftware applications. Burns stated in a 2009 interview that he initially declined to have his name associated with the software because of his stance to refuse commercial endorsements. However, Apple chief Steve Jobs negotiated to give Burns Apple equipment, which Burns donated to nonprofit organizations.[58]

As a museum retrospective noted, "HisPBSspecials [are] strikingly out of step with the visual pyrotechnics and frenetic pacing of most reality-based TV programming, relying instead on techniques that are literally decades old, although Burns reintegrates these constituent elements into a wholly new and highly complex textual arrangement. "[10]

In a 2011 interview, Burns stated that he admires and is influenced by filmmakerErrol Morris.[59]

Filmography[edit]

Conversation with Ken Burns aboutThe Vietnam War.Video by the LBJ Library

Future releases[edit]

  • Leonardo da Vinci(2024, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon)[81]
  • The American Revolution(2025)[82]
  • Henry David Thoreau(2025/2026, as Executive Producer)[83]
  • Emancipation to Exodus(2027, with David McMahon, Sarah Burns, and Erika Dilday)[84][85]
  • LBJ & the Great Society(2028, with Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein)[86]

Short films[edit]

These three short films are collected and distributed together asSeeing, Searching, Being:William Segal.

  • William Segal(1992)[87]
  • Vezelay(1996)[88]
  • In the Marketplace(2000)

As an executive producer[edit]

  • The West(1996) (directed by Stephen Ives)[89]
  • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies(2015)[2](directed by Barak Goodman)
  • Walden(short, 2017) (directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)[90]
  • Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns(2019) (directed by Don Carr)[91]
  • College Behind Bars(2019) (directed by Lynn Novick)[92]
  • East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story(2020) (directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon)[93]
  • The Gene: An Intimate History(2020) (directed by Chris Durrance and Jack Youngelson)[94]
  • Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness(2022) (directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)[95]

As an actor[edit]

Notes[edit]

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