The award-winning filmmaker, who received the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal this year, has been visiting ...

MY SAY Ken Burns launched his own illustrious career 43 years ago with "Brooklyn Bridge," and until now, never left these ...

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War tells the story of a daring rescue mission that occurred on the precipice of World War II. It tells the ... legendary filmmaker Ken Burns serves as Producer ...

Tuesday, November 18 at 8 Pt. 1Wednesday, November 19 at 8 Pt. 2Episodes repeat at 10 PM A 15th century polymath of soaring ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has produced over 40 films. His latest is a movie focused on the life and creative force of Leonardo da Vinci. It's his first film about an international topic.

Depending on who you were in school, you might have one of several different relationships with Ken Burns. The most prolific ... popular American myths. World War II may be the ultimate example ...

Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries. Over the years, he's created 36 documentary series for PBS, all of them about American history ...

Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Questlove and comics Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart and Mark Normand helped raise ...

Before the second world war Radio was a revolution in mass-communication ... which makes for a really great story (and a great Ken Burns documentary). Last month we showed you how to modify ...

Earlier this month, I spoke to Ken Burns about the making of his new four ... Long" and "Civil War" and "Baseball" and "Jazz." And "World War I" and "Prohibition" and "The Roosevelts" and "Vietnam." ...

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a new three-part, six-hour series directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and ... During the Second World War, millions of Americans fought and sacrificed ...