Ken Burns is a filmmaker and documentarian, best known for documentaries such as ‘Brooklyn Bridge’ (1981), ‘Baseball’ (1994), ‘Prohibition’ (2011), and ‘The Vietnam War’(2017).
His is known for his signature style of using a lot of archival material and footage, photographs, and periodicals in his films.
After earning his arts degree, he co-founded a production company called ‘Florentine Films,’ in 1976.
He started shooting documentaries as a producer for ‘BBC’ and soon made a feature documentary called ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ which was nominated under the ‘Best Documentary’ category for ‘Oscars.’ His third documentary, ‘Statue of Liberty,’ got him another ‘Academy Award’ nomination.
Till date, he has released more than 20 documentaries, including ‘The Civil War’ (1990), ‘Thomas Jefferson’ (1997), ‘Jazz’ (2010), ‘Mark Twain’ (2011), ‘The National Parks: America's Best Idea ‘ (2009), ‘Jackie Robinson’ (2016), and ‘The Vietnam War’ (2017). He has also won several ‘Emmy Awards’ for his work.