Director
Ric Burns
Baltimore, Maryland, United States · 20 films
Ric Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.
Best known for
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Director, Producer
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2021 · Director
On Kanopy
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006 · Director, Writer
The Donner Party
1992 · Director, Producer
On PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
2020 · Director
On WETA+
Filmography 20
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2021 · Director
On Kanopy
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
2020 · Director
On WETA+
Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs
2019 · Director
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
2016 · Writer, Director
Aufbruch in die neue Welt
2016 · Director
The Pilgrims
2015 · Director
On PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
American Ballet Theatre: A History
2015 · Director
Men at Lunch
2013 · Self
Death and the Civil War
2012 · Director
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010 · Writer, Director
On Hoopla
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006 · Director, Writer
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 · Director, Writer
Ansel Adams
2002 · Director
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Director, Producer
New York: A Documentary Film
2001 · Director, Writer
New York: A Documentary Film
1999 · Director
New York Underground
1997 · Director
The Donner Party
1992 · Director, Producer
On PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Coney Island
1991 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy