Documentary filmmaker, PBS writer & producer Ric Burns is a profoundly powerful storyteller whose thought-provoking and deeply poetic films have garnered a devoted following over the last two decades.
Burns is best known for his Emmy Award-winning eight-part PBS series, New York: A Documentary Film, which Variety called “a monumental series that raises the bar for this kind of work.” His other films include Ansel Adams, Coney Island, The Way West, The Donner Party and Eugene O’Neill, which The Wall Street Journal called “a superbly told narrative of America’s greatest playwright.”
Burns began his career working alongside his brother Ken as co-producer and co-writer of the landmark PBS series The Civil War. He formed his own company, Steeplechase Films, in 1989 to produce his work for Public Television.
Burns', Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, premiered for PBS' American 20th Anniversary series. Entertainment Weekly rated it an “A” and it received an Emmy and Peabody Broadcasting Award. His latest film, We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision, is part two of a five-part PBS American Experience series on the history of Native America. Tecumseh's Vision recalls the Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Lalawethika, who in the early 1800s attempted to unite independent tribes into a single Indian state.
Burns is currently at work on three documentaries: a history of The New York Times; Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World, an exploration of one of America’s first global industries slated for broadcast in May 2010; and a film about ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
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