Directing
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...


Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Director
2024

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Director
2021

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Director
2020

Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs
Director
2019

The Chinese Exclusion Act
Writer
2017

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
Director
2016

Aufbruch in die neue Welt
Director
2016

The Pilgrims
Director
2015

American Ballet Theatre: A History
Director
2015

Men at Lunch
Self
2013

Death and the Civil War
Director
2012

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Writer
2010

We Shall Remain
Writer
2009

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Director
2006

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Director
2006

Ansel Adams
Director
2002

The Concert for New York City
Director
2001

New York: A Documentary Film
Director
1999

New York: A Documentary Film
Writer
1999

New York Underground
Director
1997

The Way West
Director
1995

The Way West
Director
1995

The Donner Party
Director
1992

Coney Island
Director
1991

The Civil War
Producer
1990

American Experience
Producer
1988