Ken Burns

About Ken Burns

Birth Day: July 29, 1953
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY

Ken Burns

Ken Burns was born on July 29, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY. Documentary filmmaker whose best known works include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994) and Jazz (2001). He received Academy Award nominations for his films Brooklyn Bridge from 1981 and The Statue of Liberty from 1985.
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Popular As Ken Burns
Occupation Director
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born July 29, 1953 (Brooklyn, NY)
Birthday July 29
Town/City Brooklyn, NY
Nationality NY

🌙 Zodiac

Ken Burns’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Ken Burns was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.

About

Documentary filmmaker whose best known works include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994) and Jazz (2001). He received Academy Award nominations for his films Brooklyn Bridge from 1981 and The Statue of Liberty from 1985.

Before Fame

He worked in a record store to pay for his tuition at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Trivia

His 1994 documentary series Baseball won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series and his 2009 series The National Parks: America's Best Idea won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-fiction Series.

Family Life

He was married to Amy Stechler Burns from 1982 to 1993 and in 2003, he married Julie Deborah Brown. He has two daughters named Sarah and Lily.

Associated With

In 1997, he released a three-part documentary series about the life of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

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