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18
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Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ric Burns
Directing
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0.6
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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 2All crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 91394
IMDb ID: nm0122849
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2024
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 7.25
Wikidata: Q7322454
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Director (18)Writer (5)Producer (2)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ric Burns.
7.6
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Director
2021 Movie
8.0
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Director
2020 Movie
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs
Director
2019 Movie
Aufbruch in die neue Welt
Director
2016 Movie
7.7
The Pilgrims
Director
2015 Movie
American Ballet Theatre: A History
Director
2015 Movie
Death and the Civil War
Director
2012 Movie
8.2
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Director
2006 Movie
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Director
2006 Movie
8.0
Ansel Adams
Director
2002 Movie
4.8
The Concert for New York City
Director
2001 Movie
New York: A Documentary Film
Director
1999 Movie
New York Underground
Director
1997 Movie
7.0
The Way West
Director
1995 Movie
6.8
The Donner Party
Director
1992 Movie
6.0
Coney Island
Director
1991 Movie
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Directed Series
Series directed by Ric Burns.
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4.8
The Concert for New York City
Director
2001 Movie
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Director
2006 Movie
6.8
The Donner Party
Director
1992 Movie
7.7
The Pilgrims
Director
2015 Movie
6.5
Men at Lunch
as Self
2013 Movie
6.0
Coney Island
Director
1991 Movie
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
Writer
2016 Movie
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Writer
2010 Movie
8.0
Ansel Adams
Director
2002 Movie
8.0
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Writer
2017 Movie
8.2
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Director
2006 Movie
New York Underground
Director
1997 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ric Burns.
6.6
American Experience
Producer • 45 eps
1988 Series
7.9
The Civil War
Producer • 9 eps
1990 Series
New York: A Documentary Film
Writer • 10 eps
1999 Series
6.0
We Shall Remain
Writer • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.0
Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Director • 2 eps
2024 Series
The Way West
Director • 4 eps
1995 Series
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