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Ken Burns
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (3)
Christopher Awards (8)
CINE Competition (5)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (2)
Primetime Emmy Awards (17)
Grammy Awards (3)
Humanitas Prize (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
International Documentary Association (6)
London Film Festival (1)
Nantucket Film Festival (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (3)
PGA Awards (4)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
St. Louis International Film Festival (2)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
Television Critics Association Awards (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Western Heritage Awards (3)
Black Reel Awards (3)
Western Writers of America (1)
Organization of American Historians (2)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Telluride Film Festival, US (1)
FOCAL International Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Gabriel Awards (1)
American Film Festival (3)
Clarion Awards (2)
49 wins & 37 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1986 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
The Statue of Liberty
Shared with:
Buddy Squires
1982 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Brooklyn Bridge
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
1991 Winner
Silver FIPA
Documentary and Essay
The Civil War
BAFTA Awards
2018 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best International
The Vietnam War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
·
Geoffrey C. Ward
·
Sarah Botstein
Chicago International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Best Documentary Feature
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2012 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
1981 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
Brooklyn Bridge
Christopher Awards
2018 Winner
Life Achievement Christopher Award
Lifetime Achievement
2007 Winner
Christopher Award
Best Documentary
The War
2004 Winner
Christopher Award
Best Documentary
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2002 Winner
Christopher Award
Television & Cable
Jazz
Shared with:
Geoffrey C. Ward
·
Lynn Novick
·
Peter Miller
·
Victoria Gohl
2000 Winner
Christopher Award
Best Documentary
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
3 more
All
CINE Competition
2003 Winner
CINE Leadership Award
1990 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary Series
The Civil War
1990 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
American Experience
Shared with:
Stephen Ives
1988 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
Thomas Hart Benton
1981 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
Brooklyn Bridge
Deauville Film Festival
2007 Winner
Canal+ Award
Best Documentary
The War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
Directors Guild of America, USA
2018 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
The Vietnam War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
2008 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
The War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Shared with:
Sarah Botstein
·
Lynn Novick
·
Mike Welt
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
The U.S. and the Holocaust
For "Episode 3: The Homeless, Tempest-tossed (1942 - )"
Shared with:
Sarah Botstein
·
Lynn Novick
2018 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
The Vietnam War
For episode "Episode 8"
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
2015 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Shared with:
Dalton Delan
·
David S. Thompson
·
Pamela Oas Williams
·
Laura Ziskin
·
Barak Goodman
2015 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Shared with:
Paul Barnes
·
Pam Tubridy Baucom
12 more
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Grammy Awards
1995 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
For "Baseball"
1992 Winner
Grammy
Best Traditional Folk Album
for "The Civil War - Original Soundtrack" (Various Artists)
Shared with:
John Colby
1992 Winner
Grammy
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
for "The Civil War"
Humanitas Prize
1991 Winner
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
The Civil War
Shared with:
Geoffrey C. Ward
·
Ric Burns
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2013 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
International Documentary Association
2017 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Limited Series
The Vietnam War
2012 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2012 Nominee
Video Source Award
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2008 Nominee
IDA Award
Limited Series
The War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
·
Sarah Botstein
2002 Winner
Career Achievement Award
1 more
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London Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Grierson Award
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
David McMahon
·
Sarah Burns
Nantucket Film Festival
2023 Winner
Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2014 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2014 Nominee
Emmy
Best Documentary
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2008 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
PGA Awards
2015 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Shared with:
Paul Barnes
·
Pam Tubridy Baucom
2013 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
The Dust Bowl
Shared with:
Dayton Duncan
·
Julie Dunfey
1998 Winner
Vision Award
Television
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1991 Winner
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Television
The Civil War
Shared with:
Ric Burns
Seattle International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Documentary
Frank Lloyd Wright
St. Louis International Film Festival
2001 Winner
Best Documentary Award
Mark Twain
2001 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sundance Film Festival
1998 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Frank Lloyd Wright
1986 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Huey Long
Television Critics Association Awards
2017 Winner
Career Achievement Award
Writers Guild of America, USA
2013 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Documentary Screenplay
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
Western Heritage Awards
2020 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Documentary
Country Music
Shared with:
Dayton Duncan
·
Julie Dunfey
2013 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Western Documentary
The Dust Bowl
Shared with:
Dayton Duncan
1998 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Western Documentary
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Shared with:
Dayton Duncan
Black Reel Awards
2017 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Television Documentary or Special
Jackie Robinson
2013 Winner
Black Reel
Best Documentary
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
2006 Nominee
Black Reel
Best Documentary
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Western Writers of America
1998 Winner
Spur Award
Best Documentary Script
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Tied with
Arthur Drooker
for _George Armstrong Custer (1997)_.
Shared with:
Dayton Duncan
Organization of American Historians
1986 Winner
Erik Barnouw Award
Huey Long
1983 Winner
Erik Barnouw Award
Brooklyn Bridge
Cinema for Peace Awards
2013 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
Telluride Film Festival, US
1994 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
FOCAL International Awards
2022 Winner
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production
Muhammad Ali
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
·
Stephanie Jenkins
Online Film & Television Association
2013 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
The Central Park Five
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
Gabriel Awards
2013 Winner
Gabriel Award
Documentary
The Central Park Five
American Film Festival
1990 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Documentary
The Civil War
1985 Winner
Red Ribbon Award
Documentary
Huey Long
1981 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Documentary
Brooklyn Bridge
Clarion Awards
2018 Winner
Clarion Award
Television Documentary Series - National
The Vietnam War
Shared with:
Lynn Novick
·
Geoffrey C. Ward
·
Sarah Botstein
2017 Winner
Clarion Award
Television Documentary Program - National
Jackie Robinson
Shared with:
Sarah Burns
·
David McMahon
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