Ken Burns

American director and producer Ken Burns has a net worth of $3.5 million. Ken Burns is an American filmmaker and producer, well-known for his numerous documentaries and documentary series on a variety of historical topics. His most renowned films include "The Civil War," "Jazz," "Prohibition," "The Roosevelts," and "The Vietnam War." Burns' filmmaking style has been recognized for its use of archive footage and slow zooms in and out of photographs, a technique dubbed"the "Ken Burns effect. Burns has been honored with over 20 honorary degrees. His film "The Civil War" was awarded more than 40 important film and television 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 and the D. W. Griffith Award, and the $50,000 Lincoln Prize. His 2017 documentary "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. In 2004 Burns received the S. Roger Horchow Award for the most outstanding public service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.