Ric Burns
Directing · Writer · Director · Executive Producer
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Active 1988–present
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…
Filmography
The Civil War (1990) — ProducerAmerican Experience (1988) — Producer · Director · WriterAndy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) — Director · WriterNantucket (2011) — DirectorNew York: The City of Tomorrow (2001) — DirectorNew York: The City and the World (2001) — Director · WriterOliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021) — DirectorThe Donner Party (1992) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Chinese Exclusion Act (2017) — Writer · DirectorInto the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010) — Writer · DirectorNew York: The Country And The City (1609-1825) (1999) — DirectorAnsel Adams (2002) — DirectorDriving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020) — DirectorEnquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014) — Director · WriterConey Island (1991) — Director · ProducerThe Pilgrims (2015) — DirectorNew York: A Documentary Film (1999) — Writer · Director · CreatorThe Way West (1995) — Director · Producer · WriterThe Concert for New York City (2001) — Director · Producer · WriterWe Shall Remain (2009) — Writer · DirectorDante: Inferno to Paradise (2024) — Director · CreatorNew York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865) (1999) — DirectorNew York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898) (1999) — DirectorNew York Underground (1997) — Director