Directing · Writing · age 73
Ken Burns
Best rated: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (8.3)
- Films
- 9
- Avg rating
- 7.83
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Ken by the numbers
Average
7.83
4 rated films
Vote weighted
7.82
bigger films count more
Median
7.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.34
rating spread
Career
36y
1981 to 2016
Total votes
15.9K
across every film
Best
8.3
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Worst
7.5
Brooklyn Bridge
Newest first
Filmography
| 2016 | Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | · | 708 |
| 2012 | The Central Park Five | 7.7 | 8,398 |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 8.3 | 1,851 |
| 1998 | Frank Lloyd Wright | 7.8 | 1,022 |
| 1991 | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | · | 666 |
| 1985 | Huey Long | · | 646 |
| 1985 | The Statue of Liberty | · | 838 |
| 1984 | The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God | · | 578 |
| 1981 | Brooklyn Bridge | 7.5 | 1,239 |
Better together?
Ken Burns's regulars
- Geoffrey C. WardWriter · 5 films · 8.05 avg▲+0.11
- Buddy SquiresCinematographer · 5 films · 7.93 avg
- John ColbyComposer · 3 films
- Julie HarrisDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.29
- Amy StechlerWriter · 3 films · 7.50 avg▼−0.17
- Terry HopkinsCinematographer · 2 films
- Jesse CarrComposer · 2 films · 7.50 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ken Burns
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1986Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
- NominatedBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1982Ken Burns, Producer
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