Burns is particularly well known for his style in documentary material, making use of original prints and photographs, and has produced several acclaimed historical and biographical documentaries for TV and film. Among his most notable productions were miniseries on the American Civil War (The Civil War, 1990), baseball (Baseball, 1994), and jazz (Jazz, 2001).
For his documentaries, Burns has been nominated for two Academy Awards and seven Emmy Awards. He won two Emmy Awards for The Civil War and one for Baseball.
Would it be possible to obtain Ken Burns's email address? I would dearly love to communuicate with him and tell him of the profound effect him movies (ie his DVDs on The American Civil War and of Mark Twain), have had on my life and my relationship with my Grandchildren, to whom I am now reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn each weekend. I am an Aussie who lived for 5 years in Seattle, and for whom the History of America is my passion. If only he would come "Down Under", and do a film on our Aboriginal heritage. Frank
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- last message on September 8th, 2005
Ken Burns: Strange as this may sound, I think my 13 year old daughter may have just composed music for your project. The melody is composed as viola solo but will lend itself to quartet or other instrumentation It has a plaintive and haunting style. I recognize that this email is brash but since she wrote it two nights ago I have felt that it was supposed to be used for some particular use; as though there was a project that was waiting on it. While driving home tonight I was seized that it might "belong" to your work. I
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- last message on March 6th, 2009
Mr. Burns, I am proud to be from Bklyn. I too, have a love for National Parks. Have you devoted enough time to TR in your quest to tell story of National Parks. I live in Las Vegas for 18 years, come from Flatbush, was a proud BoyScout in Troop #43 in the old Dutch Reformation Church. I am now aOrthodox Jew in Las Vegas attending a Lubavitch Synagogue which has its roots on Eastern Parkway, BKLYN. How do I get a hold of your national park series on DVD? Do you have any connection to anything related to the
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- last message on August 24th, 2009
Mr Burns- I'm a huge fan. Thanks for everything you do! I'm watching you now on Rachel Madow, having a thought, surprisingly. How about the biggest theme yet...Governmen itself? With your intelligence and humanitarian point-of-view, could you take on such a history? If you could, it could be the most important reframing ever, and help so many people straighten out their thinking. Not to mention saving so many lives from the consequences of yielding their ability to choose to act together for the common good. Best, & many thanks, Garret Whitney
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- last message on September 24th, 2009
I understand that Ken Burns may be doing a documentary on EMDR. I have PTSD from the Vietnam War. However, my situation is totally different than 99% of most Americans who have been suffering. These are the reasons why Mr. Burns may be interested if he is doing such a documentary. I was drafted (forced) to go to Vietnam in 1967 with a post-graduate degree in American History and Political Science. It was obvious that the French (1860s to May 1954 -- their downfall at Dienbienphu) were the enemy of the nationalists - the Vietnamese people. We never learned from
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- last message on September 24th, 2009
To Mr. Burns, I am a budding documentary film maker. I would love and deeply appreciate any advice you could give me. My concept is this: The day you end hunger is the day you end war. They are simultaneous events in human history. -Garcia Lorca Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. -Voltaire It only takes one percent of the world's population for an idea to come. Critical Mass. - B. Fuller The time has come to end hunger and war. -Me This film is to explore all the wonderful and amazing work being done by people
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- last message on September 26th, 2009
