Ric Burns
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Biography
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 work
The Civil War
1990
American Experience
1988
The Concert for New York City
2001
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2021
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006
The Donner Party
1992
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
2014
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017
Men at Lunch
2013
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
2020Filmography
2024
2021
Oliver Sacks: His Own LifeDirector
2020
2019
2017
2017
The Chinese Exclusion ActWriter, Director
2016
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The MythDirector, Writer
2016
Aufbruch in die neue WeltDirector
2015
The PilgrimsDirector
2015
2014
2013
Men at Lunchas Self
2012
Death and the Civil WarDirector
2011
NantucketDirector
2010
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The WorldWriter, Director
2009
2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary FilmDirector, Writer
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmDirector, Writer, Executive Producer
2003
New York: The Center of the WorldWriter, Director
2002
Ansel AdamsDirector
2001
The Concert for New York CityDirector, Producer, Writer
2001
New York: A Documentary FilmWriter, Producer, Director
2001
New York: The City and the WorldDirector, Writer
2001
New York: The City of TomorrowDirector
1999
New York: A Documentary FilmDirector