Ken Burns Net Worth is$1.5 Million Ken Burns Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films.
Full Name Ken Burns Net Worth $1.5 Million Date Of Birth July 29, 1953 Place Of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Profession Film director, Cinematographer, Television producer, Television Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Actor, Music Director, Author Education Hampshire College (1971–1975), Pioneer High School (1971) Nationality United States of America Spouse Julie Deborah Brown (m. 2003), Amy Stechler (m. 1982–1993) Children Sarah Burns, Lily Burns Parents Robert Kyle Burns, Lyla Smith Tupper Siblings Ric Burns Nicknames Kenneth Burns , Kenneth Lauren Burns , Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns , Burns, Ken Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series, Lincoln Prize, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series, Grammy Award for... Nominations Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Bes... Movies The Roosevelts, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Jackie Robinson, The Dust Bowl, The Central Park Five, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Unforgivable Blackness, Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip, Huey Long, The Congress... TV Shows Prohibition, Baseball: The Tenth Inning, Baseball, The Civil War, The Simpsons Star Sign Leo
# Trademark 1 The slow zoom in or out, and/or pan right or left has been called "The Ken Burns Effect" due to his powerful use of this technique. While not developed by him, it has been included in iMovie and iPhoto by Apple Computers with the name "Ken Burns Effect" 2 Takes a single photograph or painting, and utilizes close ups, music, voice overs and sound effects to make it seem like a lengthy action sequence.
# Quote 1 I can look at a still photograph of building the Brooklyn Bridge and hear the workers hammering, the seagulls in the East River, the steam compressors hauling up big blocks of stone. You take an old photograph and you realize it has a past, it has a future. So what would it mean to go inside it? 2 [on the cinematic shooting of still photography] That's the DNA for everything I've done for the past thirty-five years. That attempt to look at a photograph and see time. To hear movement and sound, then search for the close-up, a tilt, a pan, a reveal. To create what the auteurs called 'mise en scene'. I wanted to be one of those auteurs when I was growing up, and abandoned it for the sheer power of fact. 3 In so many films that I've done, short-sightedness is one of the major human themes. We live for the moment. No one's willing to do the necessary rolling up the sleeves until the catastrophe happens. 4 [on the plowing up of the Great Plains and resultant dust bowl years] The old ranchers were saying 'Wrong side up'. The Indians knew it was not right, that these buffalo grasses sent their roots five feet down to suck the moisture, but also hold the topsoil evolved over thousands of years. All of a sudden we were turning over that grass in an area larger than Ohio, and this was a marginal area anyway. This was the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history so far.
# Fact 1 Grand Marshal, Tournament of Roses Parade. [2016] 2 Burns' great-great-grandfather Abraham W. Burns (1833-1911) was a private in McClanahan's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery also known as the Staunton Artillery (Confederate) during the American Civil War. He also served in Company K,52nd Virginia Infantry. 3 Attended Ann Arbor Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 4 Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 136, pages 59-67. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. 5 Father, Robert Burns, was a cultural anthropologist 6 Graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, MA 7 Brother of fellow producer/director Ric Burns .
Producer Title Year Status Character The Vietnam War 2017 TV Series documentary producer - 10 episodes announced Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War 2016 Documentary executive producer / producer Jackie Robinson TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes, 2016 producer - 2 episodes, 2016 Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies 2015 TV Series documentary executive producer - 3 episodes The Roosevelts: An Intimate History TV Series documentary executive producer - 5 episodes, 2014 producer - 3 episodes, 2014 The Central Park Five 2012 Documentary executive producer: Florentine Films / producer The Dust Bowl TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 4 episodes, 2012 producer - 2 episodes, 2012 Prohibition TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 2 episodes, 2011 producer - 1 episode, 2011 Baseball TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 9 episodes, 1994 producer - 3 episodes, 1994 - 2010 The National Parks: America's Best Idea TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 6 episodes, 2009 producer - 6 episodes, 2009 Medal of Honor 2008 TV Movie documentary executive producer The War TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 7 episodes, 2007 producer - 7 episodes, 2007 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary producer Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip 2003 TV Movie documentary producer Mark Twain 2001 TV Movie documentary producer Jazz 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary producer - 4 episodes Biography 2000 TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony 1999 TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode Frank Lloyd Wright 1998 Documentary executive producer / producer Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery 1997 TV Special documentary executive producer / producer Thomas Jefferson 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary producer - 2 episodes The West 1996 TV Series documentary executive producer / senior producer Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio 1991 Documentary producer The Civil War 1990 TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 9 episodes American Experience 1990 TV Series documentary co-producer - 1 episode The Congress 1988 TV Movie documentary producer Thomas Hart Benton 1988 TV Movie producer The Statue of Liberty 1985 Documentary producer Huey Long 1985 Documentary producer The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God 1984 Documentary producer Brooklyn Bridge 1981 Documentary producer
Director Title Year Status Character The Vietnam War 2017 TV Series documentary 10 episodes announced Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War 2016 Documentary Jackie Robinson 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary 2 episodes The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014 TV Series documentary 7 episodes The Address 2014 TV Movie documentary attached The Central Park Five 2012 Documentary The Dust Bowl 2012 TV Mini-Series documentary 4 episodes Prohibition 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary 3 episodes Baseball 1994-2010 TV Mini-Series documentary 11 episodes The National Parks: America's Best Idea 2009 TV Mini-Series documentary 6 episodes The War 2007 TV Mini-Series documentary co-director - 7 episodes Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip 2003 TV Movie documentary Mark Twain 2001 TV Movie documentary Jazz 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary 10 episodes Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony 1999 TV Series documentary 1 episode Frank Lloyd Wright 1998 Documentary Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery 1997 TV Special documentary Thomas Jefferson 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary 2 episodes Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio 1991 Documentary The Civil War 1990 TV Mini-Series documentary 9 episodes The Congress 1988 TV Movie documentary Thomas Hart Benton 1988 TV Movie The Statue of Liberty 1985 Documentary Huey Long 1985 Documentary The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God 1984 Documentary Brooklyn Bridge 1981 Documentary
Cinematographer Title Year Status Character Baseball 1994-2010 TV Mini-Series documentary 11 episodes The National Parks: America's Best Idea 2009 TV Mini-Series documentary 6 episodes Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip 2003 TV Movie documentary Mark Twain 2001 TV Movie documentary Jazz 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary 4 episodes Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony 1999 TV Series documentary 1 episode Frank Lloyd Wright 1998 Documentary Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery 1997 TV Special documentary Thomas Jefferson 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary 2 episodes The Civil War 1990 TV Mini-Series documentary 9 episodes The Congress 1988 TV Movie documentary The Statue of Liberty 1985 Documentary Huey Long 1985 Documentary The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God 1984 Documentary Brooklyn Bridge 1981 Documentary
Writer Title Year Status Character Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies 2015 TV Series documentary written by - 3 episodes The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014 TV Series documentary 5 episodes The Address 2014 TV Movie documentary The Central Park Five 2012 Documentary written by Baseball 1994-2010 TV Mini-Series documentary written by - 11 episodes Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery 1997 TV Special documentary book Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio 1991 Documentary additional The Civil War 1990 TV Mini-Series documentary written by - 9 episodes
Music Department Title Year Status Character Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary music producer Baseball 1994 TV Mini-Series documentary musical director - 9 episodes Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio 1991 Documentary musical director The Civil War TV Mini-Series documentary musical director - 9 episodes, 1990 music direction - 8 episodes, 1990
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies 2015 TV Series documentary senior creative consultant - 3 episodes The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo 2005 TV Movie documentary consultant Thomas Jefferson 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary senior creative consultant - 2 episodes The Making of 'Gettysburg' 1993 Video documentary commentary American Experience 1990 TV Series documentary senior creative consultant - 3 episodes
Actor Title Year Status Character Difficult People 2016 TV Series Ken Burns The Mindy Project 2014 TV Series Ken Burns The Simpsons 2012 TV Series Ken Burns Gettysburg 1993 Hancock's Aide
Camera Department Title Year Status Character The Address 2014 TV Movie documentary additional cinematographer The National Parks: America's Best Idea 2009 TV Mini-Series documentary camera operator - 1 episode American Experience 1990 TV Series documentary additional cinematographer - 1 episode
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary arranger: "Levee Low Moan"
Thanks Title Year Status Character Wear acknowledgment completed Interstellar 2014 thanks Wired 2014/I Short special thanks Mary & Bill 2010 Documentary special thanks Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey 2006 Documentary special thanks The Making of 'The Devil's Den' 2003 Video documentary thanks The Cat's Meow 2001 special thanks Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror 1998 Documentary thanks
Self Title Year Status Character CBS This Morning 2012-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest MLB Network Presents 2016 TV Series Himself The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 2016 TV Series Himself - Panelist Today 1990-2016 TV Series Himself Overheard 2016 TV Series Himself - interviewee The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Himself - Guest Jeopardy! 2015 TV Series Himself - Clue Giver Good Morning America 2015 TV Series Himself - Guest The Colbert Report 2005-2014 TV Series Himself - Guest / Himself - Announcer / Himself Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2014 TV Series documentary Himself The Daily Show 2007-2014 TV Series Himself Late Show with David Letterman 2007-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest Tavis Smiley 2009-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest Katie 2014 TV Series Himself Americana Music Honors & Awards 2013 TV Special Good Day L.A. 2013 TV Series Himself The Hour 2012 TV Series Himself Charlie Rose 1994-2012 TV Series Himself - Guest On the Dust Bowl with Ken Burns & Timothy Egan 2012 TV Movie Himself Lessons from the Dust Bowl with Ken Burns 2012 TV Movie Himself - Guest Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself 2012 Documentary Himself The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter 2012 Short Himself Glue Man 2012 Short Himself Drinks and Conversation 2011 TV Movie Himself The Simpsons 2003-2011 TV Series Himself Doc Talk 2011 TV Series Himself Prime 9 2010-2011 TV Series Himself A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself Budapest to Gettysburg 2007 Documentary Late Night with Conan O'Brien 2003-2007 TV Series Himself Real Time with Bill Maher 2007 TV Series Himself Wordplay 2006 Documentary Himself Live from Lincoln Center 2005 TV Series Himself Last Call with Carson Daly 2005 TV Series Himself The Tony Danza Show 2005 TV Series Himself The Tim McCarver Show 2003 TV Series Himself - Guest 100 Years of the World Series 2003 Video documentary Himself ESPN SportsCentury 2002-2003 TV Series documentary Himself Tribeca Film Festival Presents 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Independent View 2002 TV Series documentary Himself Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History 2001 Video documentary Himself - Interviewee Great Performances 2000 TV Series Himself Palisades Amusement Park, a Century of Fond Memories 1998 Documentary Narrator The Making of 'Gettysburg' 1993 Video documentary Himself - Filmmaker The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards 1991 TV Special Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Mini-Series
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2013 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Documentary The Central Park Five (2012) 2013 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Western Documentary The Dust Bowl (2012) 2012 Audience Choice Award Chicago International Film Festival Best Documentary Feature The Central Park Five (2012) 2010 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Nonfiction Series The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2007 Canal+ Award Deauville Film Festival Best Documentary The War (2007) 2005 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Nonfiction Special Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) 2003 CINE Leadership Award CINE Competition 2002 Christopher Award Christopher Awards Television & Cable Jazz (2001) 2002 Career Achievement Award International Documentary Association 2001 Best Documentary Award St. Louis International Film Festival Mark Twain (2001) 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award St. Louis International Film Festival 1998 Vision Award PGA Awards Television Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) 1998 Golden Space Needle Award Seattle International Film Festival Best Documentary Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) 1998 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Western Documentary Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) 1998 Spur Award Western Writers of America Best Documentary Script Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) 1995 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series Baseball (1994) 1994 Silver Medallion Award Telluride Film Festival, US 1991 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual - Informational Programming The Civil War (1990) 1991 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series The Civil War (1990) 1991 Silver FIPA Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming Documentary and Essay The Civil War (1990) 1991 Humanitas Prize Humanitas Prize Documentaries - Special Awards Category The Civil War (1990) 1991 IDA Award International Documentary Association The Civil War (1990) 1991 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Television The Civil War (1990) 1986 Erik Barnouw Award Organization of American Historians Huey Long (1985) 1983 Erik Barnouw Award Organization of American Historians Brooklyn Bridge (1981) 1981 CINE Golden Eagle CINE Competition Documentary Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2015 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015) 2015 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) 2015 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) 2013 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary The Central Park Five (2012) 2013 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Documentary Picture The Central Park Five (2012) 2013 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television The Dust Bowl (2012) 2013 WGA Award (Screen) Writers Guild of America, USA Best Documentary Screenplay The Central Park Five (2012) 2012 Gold Hugo Chicago International Film Festival Best Documentary The Central Park Five (2012) 2012 IDA Award International Documentary Association Best Feature The Central Park Five (2012) 2012 Video Source Award International Documentary Association The Central Park Five (2012) 2012 Grierson Award London Film Festival The Central Park Five (2012) 2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming The War (2007) 2008 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary The War (2007) 2008 IDA Award International Documentary Association Limited Series The War (2007) 2006 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) 2005 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) 2001 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming Jazz (2001) 2001 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Non-Fiction Series Jazz (2001) 1998 Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival Documentary Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) 1995 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming Baseball (1994) 1992 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Special Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) 1986 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Documentary, Features The Statue of Liberty (1985) 1986 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Special The Statue of Liberty (1985) 1986 Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival Documentary Huey Long (1985) 1982 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Documentary, Features Brooklyn Bridge (1981) 1981 Gold Hugo Chicago International Film Festival Best Documentary Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
Known for movies The Central Park Five (2012)
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
$1.5 Million
