{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/91394/ric-burns",
  "name": "Ric Burns",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/91394/ric-burns",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Ric Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.",
  "birthPlace": "Baltimore, Maryland, United States",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lKRPWzp95lsKiytKT5OFHGBNLUR.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122849"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1181,
      "title": "American Experience",
      "year": "1988",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.644,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/YkcFBVYG6jvvHBRL1BxraAcOxh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1181/american-experience-1988"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 9693,
      "title": "The Civil War",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.898,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qs6J3T0mfAlmoOOUt0B2d4zd6je.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/9693/the-civil-war-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 19590,
      "title": "New York: A Documentary Film",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4ZWuIOWINubETs6WtFt9EdJq6BS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/19590/new-york-a-documentary-film-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1077375,
      "title": "The Way West",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qFvgf5qH4PYYg2EhH4KCxhFjv6c.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1077375/the-way-west-1995"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 248546,
      "title": "Dante: Inferno to Paradise",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fjUgJmGZPyIEaOxhLJyb0xvFuoG.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/248546/dante-inferno-to-paradise-2024"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 75009,
      "title": "The Concert for New York City",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.125,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h3OWNj5OQ8X4ptvd4IRH47CJtvS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/75009/the-concert-for-new-york-city-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 253949,
      "title": "The Donner Party",
      "year": "1992",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.042,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gCN9V1J5amR8Za9DpqIEteHVbKs.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/253949/the-donner-party-1992"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 931409,
      "title": "Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film",
      "year": "2006",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/m8NXaY9c1g9IPAU6QaDqoGeYc17.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/931409/eugene-o-neill-a-documentary-film-2006"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 43175,
      "title": "We Shall Remain",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yMfiUEKVX8qAYF7J7U1kEnxV4Gh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/43175/we-shall-remain-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 484615,
      "title": "The Chinese Exclusion Act",
      "year": "2017",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uK3LrXHXZ3sWm9bCQfWjtCasISE.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/484615/the-chinese-exclusion-act-2017"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 379836,
      "title": "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World",
      "year": "2010",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/t7o6hkVuFJHPHnZFldIQdSZHsOF.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/379836/into-the-deep-america-whaling-the-world-2010"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 298161,
      "title": "Coney Island",
      "year": "1991",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/s1V17YTuUXon1DooxdJsXHEmVmP.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/298161/coney-island-1991"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 489714,
      "title": "The Pilgrims",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ybyknC34jRDZg9gt58iyieRZ0Rh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/489714/the-pilgrims-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 24234,
      "title": "Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film",
      "year": "2006",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jE6JUh3C53WKzPPGvCVoT2yQ9Ch.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/24234/andy-warhol-a-documentary-film-2006"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 906268,
      "title": "Nantucket",
      "year": "2011",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/906268/nantucket-2011"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 49088,
      "title": "Ansel Adams",
      "year": "2002",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jltqdwij8TzeTJqxIuvm304Ggp3.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/49088/ansel-adams-2002"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 428012,
      "title": "The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth",
      "year": "2016",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vEuBTauoB0e6CrUixSJoUzmVPiw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/428012/the-mayflower-pilgrims-behind-the-myth-2016"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 503053,
      "title": "New York: The Center of the World",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/503053/new-york-the-center-of-the-world-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1339972,
      "title": "The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America",
      "year": "2017",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1339972/the-people-of-the-standing-stone-the-oneida-nation-the-war-for-independence-2017"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 234417,
      "title": "The Way West",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qiDOFEKsoPZWcDpjHA7R4GanmSl.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/234417/the-way-west-1995"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 629992,
      "title": "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eCGtHjsGSdXPhb8fw6Pl825Cb0R.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/629992/oliver-sacks-his-own-life-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 128131,
      "title": "Men at Lunch",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/j7QrWqn7eg21tHqENIZH2Rz4wLm.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/128131/men-at-lunch-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 746646,
      "title": "Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America",
      "year": "2020",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aBpZ7rJzul8PVpqHp3D7bZ0zzxb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/746646/driving-while-black-race-space-and-mobility-in-america-2020"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 263441,
      "title": "New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/263441/new-york-sunshine-and-shadow-1865-1898-1999"
    }
  ]
}