Ric Burns

Career Overview

Ric Burns has 51 screen credits in a career dating back to 1988. Signature works include Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, The Concert for New York City, The Donner Party. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

51

Birth Place

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Known For

• 

  Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
• 

  The Concert for New York City
• 

  The Donner Party
• 

  The Pilgrims
• 

  Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
• 

  Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Frequent Collaborators

• Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (2 collaborations)
• Oliver Sacks (1 collaborations)
• Atul Gawande (1 collaborations)
• Temple Grandin (1 collaborations)
• Christof Koch (1 collaborations)
• Roberto Calasso (1 collaborations)
• Kate Edgar (1 collaborations)
• Shane Fistell (1 collaborations)
• Lowell Handler (1 collaborations)
• Bill Hayes (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (30 credits)

  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs

    director

    directing
    2019
  • The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Aufbruch in die neue Welt

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Pilgrims

    director

    directing
    2015
  • American Ballet Theatre: A History

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Death and the Civil War

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Nantucket

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    director

    directing
    2006
  • New York: The Center of the World

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Ansel Adams

    director

    directing
    2002
  • New York: A Documentary Film

    director

    directing
    2001
  • The Concert for New York City

    director

    directing
    2001
  • New York: The City and the World

    director

    directing
    2001
  • New York: The City of Tomorrow

    director

    directing
    2001
  • New York: A Documentary Film

    director

    directing
    1999
  • New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

    director

    directing
    1999
  • New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

    director

    directing
    1999
  • New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)

    director

    directing
    1999
  • New York Underground

    director

    directing
    1997
  • The Way West

    director

    directing
    1995
  • The Donner Party

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Coney Island

    director

    directing
    1991
  • American Experience

    - We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision (2009) ... director directing
    1988

• writing (13 credits)

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

    writer

    writing
    2010
  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    writer

    writing
    2006
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    writer

    writing
    2006
  • New York: The Center of the World

    writer

    writing
    2003
  • New York: A Documentary Film

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • The Concert for New York City

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • New York: The City and the World

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • The Way West

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • The Donner Party

    writer

    writing
    1992
  • American Experience

    - We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision (2009) ... writer writing
    1988

• actors (1 credits)

  • Men at Lunch

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013

• production (7 credits)

  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • The Concert for New York City

    producer

    production
    2001
  • New York: A Documentary Film

    producer

    production
    2001
  • The Way West

    producer

    production
    1995
  • The Donner Party

    producer

    production
    1992
  • Coney Island

    producer

    production
    1991
  • American Experience

    - Coney Island (1991) ... producer production

    - Los Mineros (1991) ... producer production

    - Coney Island (1991) ... producer production

    - Los Mineros (1991) ... producer production

    - After the Crash (1991) ... producer production
    1988