The Civil War
1990
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Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) 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 (1990), which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward .
Ric Burns’ award-winning documentary production company, based in New York City.
Ric Burns. Writer: American Experience. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ric Burns was the son of a social anthropologist. He studied English literature at Columbia University in New York City and Cambridge University in England before working with his brother, Ken Burns, on The Civil War (1990).
Ric Burns is an internationally recognized documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for his eight-part, seventeen and a half hour series, New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to wide public and critical acclaim when broadcast in November 1999, September 2001, and September 2003.
Writer: American Experience. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ric Burns was the son of a social anthropologist. He studied English literature at Columbia University in New York City and Cambridge University in England before working with his brother, Ken Burns, on The Civil War (1990).
Mar 16, 2024 · Combining expert commentary and artful dramatizations, Ric Burns’s two-part film traces Dante’s life and towering literary achievement. In 1321, the leading citizens of Ravenna, Italy, carried...
Apr 27, 2021 · Ric Burns has written, produced, and directed many documentaries over the last 25 years that capture fascinating narratives about different topics in...
DANTE: Inferno to Paradise, a groundbreaking two-part, 4-hour film, presents and explores the extraordinary power, beauty and drama of Dante’s great masterwork, The Divine Comedy, set within the riveting circumstances of the poet’s own life, and of the turbulent times he lived in.
Ric Burns is a documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for his eight-part, 17-hour series New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to critical acclaim (1999, 2001, 2003).
Aug 17, 2012 · Historical filmmaker Ric Burns discusses 'Death in the Civil War,' the theology of the Gettysburg Address, and the future of historical documentary filmmaking.
