Ken Burns

Full filmography

• Henry David Thoreau (2026) Director
• Henry David Thoreau (2026) Writer
• Henry David Thoreau (2026) Producer
• Henry David Thoreau (2026) Creator
• Henry David Thoreau (2026) Producer
• The American Revolution (2025) Producer
• The American Revolution (2025) Director
• The American Revolution (2025) Creator
• In the Know (2024) as Self
• Leonardo da Vinci (2024) Director
• Leonardo da Vinci (2024) Executive Producer
• Leonardo da Vinci (2024) Creator
• Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories (2024)
• The American Buffalo (2023) Director
• The American Buffalo (2023) Producer
• The American Buffalo (2023) Executive Producer
• Homecoming (2023) Executive Producer
• Spirit of Golf (2023) as Self
• Benjamin Franklin (2022) Director
• Benjamin Franklin (2022) Producer
• The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) Producer
• The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) Director
• The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) Creator
• Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness (2022) Executive Producer
• The Unmaking of a College (2022) as Self
• The Problem with Jon Stewart (2021) as Self
• Hemingway (2021) Director
• Hemingway (2021) Producer
• Muhammad Ali (2021) Executive Producer
• Muhammad Ali (2021) Director
• Muhammad Ali (2021) Writer
• Back on the Record with Bob Costas (2021) as Self
• De la poussière et des hommes (2021) Director
• The Gene: An Intimate History (2020) Producer
• East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020) Producer
• East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020) Executive Producer
• Ken Burns: Here & There (2020) as Himself
• Here For A Good Time (2020) as Self
• Country Music (2019) Director
• Country Music (2019) Executive Producer
• College Behind Bars (2019) Executive Producer
• Very Ralph (2019) as Self
• Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America (2019) as Self - Director and Producer
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018) as Self
• The Mayo Clinic (2018) Director
• The Mayo Clinic (2018) Writer
• The Mayo Clinic (2018) Executive Producer
• The Vietnam War (2017) Producer
• The Vietnam War (2017) Director
• The Vietnam War (2017) Executive Producer
• Walden (2017) Executive Producer
• Jackie Robinson (2016) Director
• Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016) Director
• Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016) Executive Producer
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
• Difficult People (2015) as Ken Burns
• Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015) Producer
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
• Interstellar (2014) Thanks
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) Director
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) Writer
• The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) Creator
• The Address (2014) Director
• OETA's On the Record: Ken Burns (2014) as Self
• Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit (2013) as Narrator (Voice)
• Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit (2013) Director
• Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit (2013) Executive Producer
• Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit (2013) Cinematography
• After the Central Park Five (2013) Director
• After the Central Park Five (2013) Writer
• The Mindy Project (2012) as Ken Burns
• Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
• The Central Park Five (2012) Director
• The Central Park Five (2012) Writer
• The Central Park Five (2012) Producer
• The Dust Bowl (2012) Director
• The Dust Bowl (2012) Producer
• Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself (2012) as Himself
• Prohibition (2011) Executive Producer
• Prohibition (2011) Producer
• Prohibition (2011) Director
• Prohibition (2011) Creator
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Director
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Writer
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Producer
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Director of Photography
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Executive Producer
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Creator
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Writer
• Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010) Director
• A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 (2010)
• Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal (2010) Director
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) Producer
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) Director
• MLB: Baseball's Seasons (2009) as Self - Filmmaker
• The War (2007) Executive Producer
• The War (2007) Director
• Craft in America (2007) as Himself
• Wordplay (2006) as Self
• The Colbert Report (2005) as Self
• The Colbert Report (2005) as Self (uncredited)
• The Tim McCarver Show (2005)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005) Director
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005) Producer
• The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Director
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003) Director
• Mark Twain (2002) Director
• Mark Twain (2002) Director
• Mark Twain (2002) Producer
• Mark Twain (2002) Director of Photography
• Jazz (2001) Director
• Jazz (2001) Producer
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) as Self
• Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999) Producer
• Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999) Director
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) Director
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) Producer
• The View (1997) as Self
• Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) Director
• Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) Producer
• Thomas Jefferson (1997) Director
• Thomas Jefferson (1997) Creator
• The Daily Show (1996) as Self
• The West (1996) Executive Producer
• Baseball (1994) Director
• Baseball (1994) Producer
• Baseball (1994) Executive Producer
• Baseball (1994) Writer
• Baseball (1994) Director of Photography
• Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Producer
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Director
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Executive Producer
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Music Director
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Director of Photography
• The Civil War (1990) Director
• The Civil War (1990) Writer
• The Civil War (1990) Executive Producer
• The Civil War (1990) Director of Photography
• Lindbergh (1990) Producer
• The Simpsons (1989) as Ken Burns (voice)
• Thomas Hart Benton (1989) Director
• Thomas Hart Benton (1989) Producer
• The Congress (1989) Director
• Huey Long (1985) Director
• Huey Long (1985) Producer
• The Statue of Liberty (1985) Director
• The Statue of Liberty (1985) Cinematography
• The Statue of Liberty (1985) Producer
• The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) Director
• The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) Producer
• The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) Cinematography
• This Week (1981)
• Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Director
• Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Director of Photography
• Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Cinematography
• CNN Special Report (1980) as Self
• 60 Minutes (1968) as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• Today (1952) as Self