Ken Burns
- January 4, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ken Burns |
| Occupation | Director |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 29, 1953(1953-07-29) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | New York State |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Ken Burns Biography
| Name | Ken Burns |
| Birthday | Jul 29 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn |
| Home Town | New York State |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Spouse | Julie Deborah Brown , Amy Stechler |
| Children(s) | Sarah Burns, Olivia Burns, Willa Burns, Lily Burns |
Ken Burns is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on July 29, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York State, United States. Documentary filmmaker whose best known works include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994) and Jazz (2001). He received Academy Award nominations for his films Brooklyn Bridge from 1981 and The Statue of Liberty from 1985.
In 1997, he released a three-part documentary series about the life of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. His 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, directed by Stephen Ives), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015, directed by Barak Goodman).
Upon receiving an 8 mm film movie camera for his 17th birthday, he shot a documentary about an Ann Arbor factory. He graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor in 1971. Turning down reduced tuition at the University of Michigan, he attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, where students are graded through narrative evaluations rather than letter grades and where students create self-directed academic concentrations instead of choosing a traditional major. He worked in a record store to pay his tuition. Living on as little as $2,500 in two years in Walpole, New Hampshire, Burns studied under photographers Jerome Liebling, Elaine Mayes, and others. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies and design in 1975.
He was married to Amy Stechler Burns from 1982 to 1993 and in 2003, he married Julie Deborah Brown. He has two daughters named Sarah and Lily.
Ken Burns Net Worth
| Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ken Burns is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ken Burns 's net worth $1.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He worked in a record store to pay for his tuition at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
His 1994 documentary series Baseball won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series and his 2009 series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-fiction Series.
Burns was born on July 29, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lyla Smith (née Tupper) Burns, a biotechnician, and Robert Kyle Burns, at the time a graduate student in cultural anthropology at Columbia University in Manhattan. The documentary filmmaker Ric Burns is his younger brother.
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Who is Ken Burns Dating?
According to our records, Ken Burns married to Julie Deborah Brown , Amy Stechler. As of December 1, 2023, Ken Burns’s is not dating anyone.
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Following another documentary, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984), Burns was Oscar-nominated again for The Statue of Liberty (1985). Burns frequently collaborates with author and historian Geoffrey C. Ward, notably on documentaries such as The Civil War, Jazz, Baseball, and the 10 part TV series The Vietnam War (aired September 2017).
Facts & Trivia
Ken Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ken Burns celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.
Since 1994 Burns has owned a summer house on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire.
Why is it called Ken Burns effect?
The effect, which was formerly known as animantics, is named after the award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns. The application of animated transitions to still photographs has become so associated with the film maker personally, that it is even called the Ken Burns effect in video editing software suites.
How many Ken Burns documentaries are there?
List of 17 Ken Burns Movies, Ranked Best to Worst.
What is Ken Burns currently working on?
“It’s the most consequential.” Burns’ dance card remains full through 2029, with upcoming documentaries in the works on LBJ and the Great Society, the buffalo, the American Revolution, Reconstruction and Leonardo da Vinci (his first project to unfold entirely outside the continental United States).
Where can I watch Ken Burns Holocaust documentary?
How to watch ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ online. You can stream PBS programming free on the PBS Video App and at PBS.org.
How do you do the Ken Burns effect?
You can add the Ken Burns effect to a video clip or photo to make the camera appear to zoom in to or out of the clip or photo. In the iMovie app on your Mac, select a clip or photo in the timeline. To show the cropping controls, click the Cropping button. Click the Ken Burns button.