Ken Burns

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  • Birth Name: Kenneth Lauren Burns
  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/29/1953, Leo
  • Profession: Filmmaker; director; producer; writer
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Ken Burns Fast Facts:
  • Has cited the death of his mother and afterward seeing his father cry only while watching a movie as the reasons he became a filmmaker.
  • Started his production company, Florentine Films, at age 22.
  • Received an Oscar nomination for producing his first documentary, Brooklyn Bridge, in 1981.
  • In 1990, was the director, producer, and music director for the series The Civil War, which won more than 40 television and film awards.
  • His 1994 documentary Baseball became, at the time, the most watched series in PBS history with over 45 million viewers.
  • Became co-owner of the Restaurant at L.A. Burdick Chocolate, which opened in 2000.
  • Popularized a filming technique known as the Ken Burns Effect that involves zooming in on photographs and panning across the subjects in the still images.
  • Has received more than 20 honorary degrees from institutions such as Penn State University and the University of Michigan.
  • Ken Burns Relationships:
  • Robert Burns - Father
  • Sarah Burns - Daughter
  • Julie Deborah Brown - Wife
  • Lyla Burns - Mother
  • Lilly Burns - Daughter
  • Ric Burns - Brother
  • Amy Stechler Burns - Ex-wife
  • Ken Burns Awards:
  • 1995 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Winner
  • 1992 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special - Winner
  • 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational) - Nominee
  • 1986 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Winner
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Winner
  • 1995 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Nominee
  • 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming - Nominee
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming - Nominee
  • 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming - Nominee
  • 1981 Oscar: Best Documentary (Feature) - Nominee
  • 1985 Oscar: Best Documentary (Feature) - Nominee
  • 2010 Emmy: Outstanding Nonfiction Series - Winner
  • College:
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (BA in Film Studies and Design, 1975)
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