Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Person

Ken Burns

Director 1953-07-29 Brooklyn, New York, USA

Ken Burns (born 1953) is a highly celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like m...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 · Ken Burns (voice)

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self - Guest

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

2005 · Self

The Mindy Project

The Mindy Project

2012 · Ken Burns

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993 · Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

The View

The View

1997 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

60 Minutes

60 Minutes

1968 · Self

Wordplay

Wordplay

2006 · Self

Difficult People

Difficult People

2015 · Ken Burns

The Problem with Jon Stewart

The Problem with Jon Stewart

2021 · Self

Today

Today

1952 · Self

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

2012 · Self

In the Know

In the Know

2024 · Self

Very Ralph

Very Ralph

2019 · Self