Ric Burns Biography

Awards

• 1991CINE Golden Eagle-Documentary: winner
• 1991Humanitas Prize-Documentaries - Special Awards Category: winner
• 1991PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Television: winner
• 1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Informational Series: winner
• 1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual - Informational Programming: winner
• 1992Erik Barnouw Award-: winner
• 1993DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality: nominated
• 1993IDA Award-: winner
• 1993Bronze Wrangler-Western Documentary: winner
• 1994WGA Award (TV)-Documentary - Other Than Current Events: winner
• 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Non-Fiction Series: nominated
• 2003Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2003Emmy-Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming - Long Form: winner
• 2004Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2004Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: winner
• 2007Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing: winner
• 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming: winner
• 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2007WGA Award (TV)-Documentary - Other Than Current Events: nominated
• 2009IDA Award-Limited Series: nominated
• 2009Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
• 2010IDA Award-Continuing Series: nominated
• 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2010WGA Award (TV)-Documentary - Other Than Current Events: nominated
• 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2013WGA Award (TV)-Documentary - Other Than Current Events: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2020Best of the Fest Audience Vote-: winner
• 2020Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2021Silver Gavel Award-Documentaries: winner