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Ken Burns

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Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS. Burns lives in the small town of Walpole, New Hampshire. Burns's widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019). He was also executive producer of both The West (1996), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Ken Burns is the 1,474th most popular film director (down from 1,395th in 2024), the 10,758th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,548th in 2019) and the 399th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ken Burns ranks 1,474 out of 2,041. Before him are Pablo Berger, Dan Gilroy, Attila Dargay, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Ellen Kuras, and Montxo Armendáriz. After him are Melvin Frank, Tarsem Singh, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Jorge Fons, Allen Daviau, and Peter Segal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ken Burns ranks 500. Before him are Andy Hertzfeld, Jan Möller, Valero Rivera López, Basanti Bisht, Ilkka Hanski, and Mokhtar Naili. After him are Don Dokken, Pat Symonds, Paul Mariner, Mayumi Aoki, Christine Ebersole, and Carol Thatcher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Burns ranks 10,760 out of 20,380. Before him are Florence Turner (1885), Richard Speight Jr. (1969), Bob Bradley (1958), Virgil Abloh (1980), Tracy McGrady (1979), and Kimmy Robertson (1954). After him are Erin Heatherton (1989), Chris Broderick (1970), Barbara Bush (1981), Sylvia Robinson (1935), Andy Jassy (1968), and Tim LaHaye (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ken Burns ranks 399. Before him are Sally Menke (1953), Lee Garmes (1898), Alan Taylor (1959), Joseph Kosinski (1974), Dan Gilroy (1959), and Ellen Kuras (1959). After him are Melvin Frank (1913), Allen Daviau (1942), Peter Segal (1962), Dick Richards (1936), Callie Khouri (1957), and Vincent Sherman (1906).

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