Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson that will air on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on ...

Burns first became a figure of note in 1981, when his feature-length nonfiction film, Brooklyn Bridge, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

David McMahon has been making award-winning documentary films for more than a decade. With Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, he wrote, directed and produced The Central Park Five, a two-hour film about ...

Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" is an examination of the past and a critique of the present. It premieres in November on PBS.

David McMahon has been making award-winning documentary films for more than a decade. With Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, he wrote, directed and produced The Central Park Five, a two-hour film about ...

Burns was nominated for two Academy Awards for Documentary Feature for “Brooklyn Bridge” in 1982 and “The Statue of Liberty” in 1986, respectively.

Ken Burns Travels Back to the Renaissance in New Doc About Leonardo da Vinci TheWrap magazine: “There’s a way in which Leonardo reminds me of the ‘Millennium Falcon’ going to light speed ...

Whereas the Burns and Novick series tried for a comprehensive and authoritative presentation—the last word on the war, in the classic Ken Burns style—Knappenberger’s approach has the feel of ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some ...