Ken Burns

 Ken Burns is an American producer and director with an estimated net worth of $3.5 million. Ken Burns is an American filmmaker and producer, well-known for his many documentaries and documentary series that cover a range of historical topics. His most renowned work include "The Civil War,"" "Jazz," "Prohibition," "The Roosevelts," and "The Vietnam War." Burns' filmmaking style has been noted for its utilization of archival footage as well as slow zooms into photographs and out of them and films, a technique known as the "Ken Burns effect. Burns has been awarded more than 20 honorary degrees. His film "The Civil War" has won over 40 important TV and film awards, included two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award (from the Producers Guild of America) as well as a People's Choice Award and a Peabody Award. He also received a duPont–Columbia Prize as well as a D. W. Griffith Award. The $50,000 Lincoln Prize was awarded to the actor. The film he directed in 2017 "The Vietnam War" was also lauded.There is the Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College. In 2004 Burns received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, a prize handed out annually by Jefferson Awards.