Ken Burns

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個人簡介

Celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music director in addition to producing and directing. He achieved his apotheosis with The Civil War (1990), a phenomenally popular 11-hour documentary that won two Emmys and broke all previous ratings records for public TV. The series' companion coffee table book--priced at a hefty $50--sold more than 700,000 copies. The audio version, narrated by Burns, was also a major best-seller. In the final accounting, "The Civil War" became the first documentary to gross over $100 million. Not surprisingly, it has become perennial fund-raising programming for public TV stations around the country. Burns arrived upon the scene with the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn Bridge (1981), a nostalgic chronicle of the construction of the fabled edifice. The film was more widely seen when rebroadcast on PBS the following year. Though Burns has made other nonfiction films for theatrical release, notably an acclaimed and ambiguous portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long (1985), PBS would prove to be his true home. He cast a probing eye on such American subjects as The Statue of Liberty (1985), The Congress (1988) (PBS), painter Thomas Hart Benton (1988) (PBS) and early radio with Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) (PBS). Burns returned to long-form documentary with his most ambitious project to date, an 18-hour history of Baseball (1994), which aired on PBS in the fall of 1994. He approached the national pastime as a template for understanding changes in modern American society. Ironically, this was the only baseball on the air at the time, as the players and owners were embroiled in a bitter strike.

生日

1953年07月29日

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2023

Spirit of Golf

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飾演 Self
2018

梅奧診所:信仰、希望與科學

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Executive Producer
Co-Director
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Writer
Executive Producer
2017

Walden

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2016

阻擊納粹:夏普家的戰爭

導演
Executive Producer
導演
Executive Producer
2014

星際效應

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Thanks
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2012

中央公園五罪犯

導演
Screenplay
Writer
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導演
Screenplay
Writer
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2006

Wordplay

飾演 Self
飾演 Self
2004

罪無可赦:拳王傑克·強生沉浮錄

導演
導演
2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

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飾演 Self
1991

空中帝國:無線電的製造者

導演
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Cinematography
Executive Producer
Music Director
Director of Photography
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Cinematography
Executive Producer
Music Director
Director of Photography
1989

Thomas Hart Benton

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