Ken Burns
DirectingTotal Credits
91
Acting
37
First Credit
1952
Latest Credit
2026
Interstellar
Thanks
2014
The West
Executive Producer
1996
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Producer · Director · Creator
2022
The Vietnam War
Producer · Director · Executive Producer
2017
The War
Executive Producer · Director
2007
The Simpsons
Ken Burns (voice)
1989
Muhammad Ali
Executive Producer · Director · Writer
2021
The Civil War
Director · Writer · Executive Producer · Director of Photography
1990
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Producer · Director
2009
Prohibition
Executive Producer · Producer · Director · Creator
2011
The Dust Bowl
Director · Producer
2012
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Director · Writer · Creator
2014
Benjamin Franklin
Director · Producer
2022
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Producer
2015
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Director · Producer
1997
Jazz
Director · Producer
2001
Baseball
Director · Producer · Executive Producer · Writer · Director of Photography
1994
Hemingway
Director · Producer
2021
Leonardo da Vinci
Director · Executive Producer · Creator
2024
Brooklyn Bridge
Director · Director of Photography · Cinematography
1981
Thomas Jefferson
Director · Creator
1997
The American Buffalo
Director · Producer · Executive Producer
2023
Frank Lloyd Wright
Director · Producer
1998
Country Music
Director · Executive Producer
2019
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Director · Producer · Cinematography
1984
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Director
2004
Mark Twain
Producer · Director · Director of Photography
2002
The Central Park Five
Director · Writer · Producer
2012
Wordplay
Self
2006
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
Executive Producer · Director
2016
The Statue of Liberty
Director · Cinematography · Producer
1985
In the Know
Self
2024
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Very Ralph
Self
2019
Difficult People
Ken Burns
2015
The Mindy Project
Ken Burns
2012
The American Revolution
Director · Producer · Executive Producer · Creator
2025
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Director · Writer · Producer · Director of Photography · Executive Producer · Creator
2010
Henry David Thoreau
Producer
2026
Walden
Executive Producer
2017
The Gene: An Intimate History
Producer
2020
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Writer · Director
2010
De la poussière et des hommes
Director
2021
The Unmaking of a College
Self
2022
Jackie Robinson
Director
2016
Thomas Hart Benton
Director · Producer
1989
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Himself
2012
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Director
2003
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Director · Producer · Music Director · Executive Producer · Director of Photography
1991
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Producer · Director
1999
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Producer · Executive Producer
2020
The Congress
Director
1989
Huey Long
Director · Producer
1985
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000
The Mayo Clinic
Director · Writer · Executive Producer
2018
Lindbergh
Producer
1990
CNN Special Report
Self
1980
College Behind Bars
Executive Producer
2019
The Address
Director
2014
Henry David Thoreau
Director · Writer · Producer · Creator
2026