Actor Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ) narrates this feature-length documentary examination of America's...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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2010
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"Tecumseh's Vision" recalls Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh. In 1805, Tenskwatawa -- considered a prophet -- had a...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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2009
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Documentary filmmaker Ric Burns explores the life and legacy of pop art's most beloved icon with this film that seeks to...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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2006
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Acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns takes an in-depth look at the final decades of the American frontier with a six-hour...
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Director
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2006
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The compelling life story of America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright comes to the screen in a documentary featuring...
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Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
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2006
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An artist whose life was as bold and startling as her work, Frida Kahlo battled physical infirmity and a male-dominated art...
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Consultant/advisor
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2004
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The three-hour documentary Center of the World is part of producer/director Ric Burns' massive 14 1/2-hour filmed history of...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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2003
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Ansel Adams chronicles the life and art of one of America's best-loved photographers. Raised by a doting father who...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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2002
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In the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, many figures in the entertainment...
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2001
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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2001
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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2001
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Calling Prohibition a "noble experiment," New York congressman Fiorello La Guardia then declared the law unenforceable....
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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It was the fire that sparked reform; after 146 people -- mostly women and girls -- died in the ferocious 1911 blaze that...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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With the Civil War settled, New York could focus solely on the business of business and getting rich. Central Park finally...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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New York of the 19th century was already a haven of celebrities; showman P.T. Barnum's museum drew crowds on Broadway, and up...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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The "Big Apple" has a colorful, influential, and, at times, tragic history that spans nearly four hundred years. This is the...
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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Ric Burns' four-part series The Way West comes to an end with the final episode The Way West: Ghost Dance, 1877-1893....
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1995
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The Way West gives an unprecedented look at the untold history of the West. Bypassing brave pioneers and burly outlaws,...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1995
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Ric Burns' four-part series The Way West focuses on the often untold history of American expansion. Written from the Native...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1995
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Ric Burns' four-part series The Way West explores the short and violent history of American expansion. Taking its title from...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1995
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The emergence of American mass culture is intimately connected to the history of Coney Island. From the mid-1800s, New York's...
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Director, Producer
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1993
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In 1846, a group of over eighty Westward-bound pioneers were headed to the coast of California from Illinois, which had...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1992
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