Ric Burns

Biography

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 his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.

Directed

1. American Experience (1988) — Director
2. The Concert for New York City (2001) — Director
3. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021) — Director
4. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) — Director
5. The Donner Party (1992) — Director
6. Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014) — Director
7. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017) — Director
8. Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020) — Director
9. The Pilgrims (2015) — Director
10. Ansel Adams (2002) — Director
11. Coney Island (1991) — Director
12. New York: A Documentary Film (1999) — Director
13. Nantucket (2011) — Director
14. New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825) (1999) — Director
15. Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010) — Director
16. New York: The City of Tomorrow (2001) — Director
17. New York: The City and the World (2001) — Director
18. We Shall Remain (2009) — Director
19. Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024) — Director
20. The Way West (1995) — Director
21. New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865) (1999) — Director
22. New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898) (1999) — Director
23. New York Underground (1997) — Director
24. New York: A Documentary Film (1999) — Director
25. Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006) — Director
26. Death and the Civil War (2012) — Director
27. Aufbruch in die neue Welt (2016) — Director
28. The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth (2016) — Director
29. Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs (2019) — Director
30. American Ballet Theatre: A History (2015) — Director
31. New York: A Documentary Film (2001) — Director
32. New York: The Center of the World (2003) — Director
33. The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America (2017) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Men at Lunch (2013) — Self