David Schmidt has spent his entire career at Florentine Films, beginning as an intern and rising within the company to senior producer. He previously worked with Ken Burns on The Roosevelts: An ...

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Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phase once associated with ...

Ken Burns' latest documentary, "The American Revolution," was financially supported by the Better Angels Society. The Better Angels Society is a nonprofit that has raised over $100 million for Burns ...

Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same Mr. Conservative and the Minister Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects This Thanksgiving, Heed the Words of George Washington Thanksgiving Day ...

Ken Burns almost told Steve Jobs no to naming a popular iMovie feature after him. The documentary filmmaker received a call from Jobs, inviting him to visit Apple's headquarters in 2002. Burns ...

Ken Burns joins GQ as he revisits some of the most iconic films from his career so far: from Brooklyn Bridge to Jazz.Credits:Director: Kristen DeVoreDirector of Photography: Jack BelisleEditor: ...

Ken Burns revolutionized the way historical documentaries were made before the internet was even a common term, so it’s hardly a shock he’d eventually tackle America’s fight for independence in his ...

Following nearly 10 years of research into the foundational conflict of America, Ken Burns’ team looks for insight in ‘The American Revolution.’ Military Times ...

Ken Burns calls PBS the 'Declaration of Independence' for communications Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns defended federal funding for PBS on Hasan Minhaj's podcast, warning rural areas could become a ...