Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953)[1] is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. His widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), and The Vietnam War (2017). He was also the executive producer of both The West (1996, directed by Stephen Ives) and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015, directed by Barak Goodman). (Wikipedia)
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