Awards & Winners

Ken Burns

Awards by Ken Burns

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ken Burns.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary The Central Park Five
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form The Central Park Five

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature The Central Park Five
David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television The Dust Bowl
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay The Central Park Five

2010


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series
Honored for : The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series The National Parks: America's Best Idea

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Nonfiction Programming The War
Pride of Our Nation

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries The War
Florentine Films

2005


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Honored for : Unforgivable Blackness
(Outstanding Nonfiction Special)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special Unforgivable Blackness
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Nonfiction Programming Unforgivable Blackness

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming Jazz
A Masterpiece By Midnight
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series Jazz

1998


PGA Vision Award for Television
Honored for : Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

1995


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series
Honored for : Baseball

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series Baseball
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming Baseball

1992


British Academy Television Award for Best Foreign Television Programme
Honored for : The Civil War

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Foreign Television Programme The Civil War
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series
Honored for : The Civil War
(A General Motors Mark Of Excellence)
PGA Television Producer of the Year Award
Honored for : The Civil War
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Honored for : The Civil War
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Honored for : The Civil War
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming
Honored for : The Civil War
(Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming, The Better Angels Of Our Nature)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PGA Television Producer of the Year Award The Civil War
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album The Civil War
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album The Civil War
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series The Civil War
Outstanding Informational Series","The Civil War A General Motors Mark Of Excellence
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming The Civil War
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming","The Better Angels Of Our Nature

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Statue of Liberty

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Statue of Liberty

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Brooklyn Bridge