Every film we make presents its own unique difficulty to us as storytellers — and this one proved particularly challenging. How do you construct a narrative on an institution that has embraced ...

Ray Leopold was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on December 13, 1914, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. He graduated from Wilby High School in 1933 and became a mortgage broker. He was ...

We're back with a companion to 'Muhammad Ali', an epic 4-part documentary biography ... It's a fascinating conversation about how they and co-director Ken Burns approached the task of telling ...

This Sunday, PBS premieres, The U.S., and The Holocaust, Ken Burn’s three-part six-hour documentary, produced and directed by Burns, Lynn Novick and and Sarah Botstein. You might wonder what ...

From left, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston; filmmaker Ken Burns; and Jake Boritt, director of the Gettysburg Film Festival. (Dave Johnson/Adams County Historical Society) GETTYSBURG, Pa.

The series, directed by Ken Burns, features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. No-one has told the story this way before.

Commencement ceremonies this spring at Massachusetts colleges will include filmmaker Ken Burns, former presidential candidate Chris Christie, the top executive at New Balance and a co-founder of ...

Known worldwide as “the Greatest”, three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer Muhammad Ali (USA) was designated UN Messenger of Peace in 1998. Spending most of his time outside the boxing ...

Joe Louis (Self) Live heavyweight boxing from Yankee Stadium in New York as the champion, Muhammad Ali, takes on the challenger, Ken Norton, for the third time. Advertisement ...

Just as it was long ago, when Lincoln spoke to thousands, history offers us hope. Ken Burns (X: @KenBurns) is a filmmaker known nationally and internationally for his award-winning public ...

Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films known for his style of making use of archival footage and photographs. Among his most notable productions are *The Civil ...

Thanks to Will Smith and Michael Mann, Muhammad Ali is the talk ... lawdy he's great," and Ali called Frazier, "One helluva man." Norton, Ken. He busted Ali's jaw in their first fight in 1973 ...