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Ken Burns

Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker and popular historical documentarian. An undergraduate of Hampshire College, his works typically chronicle American history and culture, and are often produced in association with WETA-TV or the National Endowment for the Humanities, distributed by PBS. Burns has received critical and scholarly acclaim for several of his documentaries, including two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Awards, three Peabody Awards, and eight Emmy Awards, among other accolades. His most widely known works 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), Country Music (2019), Benjamin Franklin (2022), and The American Revolution (2025). In addition, he co-directed The Central Park Five in 2012 with his daughter, Sarah Burns. He produced The West (1996), Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015) and The Gene: An Intimate History (2020).

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• ▸Henry Armytage Sanders
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• ▸CORONA (satellite)

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