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Ken Burns

Ken Burns

documentary filmmaker, Florentine Films
Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films known for his style of making use of archival footage and photographs. Among his most notable productions are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001) and The War (2007).  [more]
Image of Ken Burns: National Parks - America's Best Idea
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Andy Garcia, Peter Coyote, Kevin Conway, Philip Bosco, Adam Arkin
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Author: Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Knopf (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 480 pages
Image of The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Garrison Keillor, Morgan Freeman, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston, David McCullough
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Sam Waterston, Murphy Guyer, Adam Arkin, Hal Holbrook
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Arthur Ashe, Roger Angell, Bud Abbott, Hank Aaron, Mamie Ruth Moberly
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Ken Burns Presents: The West
Director: Stephen Ives
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Philip Bosco, Adam Arkin, George Aguilar, Peter Coyote
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Jazz : A Film By Ken Burns
Director:
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Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Ken Burns - American Lives (Thomas Jefferson / Lewis & Clark / Frank Lloyd Wright / Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B Anthony / Mark Twain / Horatio's Drive / Unforgivable Blackness)
Director: Ken Burns;Lynn Novick
Starring: Julie Harris, Philip Bosco, Adam Arkin, Hal Holbrook, Edward Herrmann
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Image of Ken Burns' America Collection
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Ken Burns
Rating: NR (Not Rated)