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Ken Burns, author portrait
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Ken Burns

KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.
Blood Memory
Our America
Country Music
The Vietnam War
Baseball
The National Parks
The War
Jazz
The Civil War

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Blood Memory
Our America
Country Music
The Vietnam War
Baseball
The National Parks
The War
Jazz
The Civil War