E-mail a friendOctober 2, 2007
Emmy-winning filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest project, the acclaimed epic documentary on PBS, The War.
Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Filmmaker Ken Burns has shaped some of the most celebrated documentaries ever made. His credits include Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness, the 15-hour miniseries The War and the landmark The Civil War, which earned two Emmys and was the highest-rated miniseries in the history of public television. At age 22, the Brooklyn native formed Florentine Films after earning his B.A. at Hampshire College. His latest project is the six-part documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, which premiers this month on PBS.
