Ken Burns

Ken Burns, the producer and director of many film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including Emmy and Peabody Awards and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.