Ken Burns

 Ken Burns is an American director and producer who has a net worth of $3.5 million. Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his numerous documentaries and documentary series on a variety of historical subjects. His most famous works include "The Civil War," Jazz," Prohibition," The Roosevelts, and "The Vietnam War". Burns' filmmaking style is well-known for his use of slow zooms into and out of photographs and archive footage. The technique is called"the "Ken Burns effect". "Burns has also been awarded over 20 honorary degrees. The film "The Civil War" received more than 40 major film and television awards which included two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, an award from the Producers Guild of America, a People's Choice Award, a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, the D. W. Griffith Award, and the $50,000 Lincoln Prize. The film he directed in 2017 "The Vietnam War" was equally lauded.There is a Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College. Burns was recognized with the S. Roger Horchow award for the most outstanding public service performed by an individual citizen in 2004, an award which the Jefferson Awards gives out each year.