Ken Burns

     Ken Burns is an American producer and director with an estimated net worth of $3.5 million. American filmmaker Ken Burns is well-known for his many documentaries and documentary films that cover historical topics. Some of his most famous work include "The Civil War," "Jazz," "Prohibition," "The Roosevelts," and "The Vietnam War." Burns' filmmaking style is famous for his slow zooms in and out of photographs and archive footage. This technique is known as the "Ken Burns effect". Burns has received more than 20 honorary degrees. His film "The Civil War" has won more than 40 important television and film awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, and a People's Choice Award, a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award as well as an D. W. Griffith Award as well as the $50,000 Lincoln Prize. The documentary of 2017 "The Vietnam War" was also appreciated. There is the Ken Burns Wing at Hampshire College's Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video. Burns was recognized with the S. Roger Horchow award for the highest level of public service rendered by an individual in 2004. This is an award that Jefferson Awards gives out each year.