Ric Burns

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.

Filmography of Ric Burns

  • Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024)
  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021)
  • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
  • Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs (2019)
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
  • Aufbruch in die neue Welt (2016)
  • The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth (2016)
  • The Pilgrims (2015)
  • American Ballet Theatre: A History (2015)
  • Death and the Civil War (2012)
  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)
  • We Shall Remain (2009)
  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
  • Ansel Adams (2002)
  • The Concert for New York City (2001)
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
  • New York Underground (1997)
  • The Way West (1995)
  • The Donner Party (1992)
  • Coney Island (1991)
  • American Experience (1988)