What is Ric Burns?
{{Infobox person | name = Ric Burns | image = Brian Keane with Director Ric Burns.jpg | alt = | caption = Ric Burns (left) with [[Brian Keane]] (1995) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1955|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = [[Filmmaker]], [[writer]] }} '''Ric Burns''' (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s. He was involved in the making of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[The Civil War (documentary)|The Civil War]]'' (1990), which he produced with his older brother [[Ken Burns]]. ==Some movies== *''[[Coney Island (documentary)|Coney Island]]'' (1991) *''[[The Donner Party (documentary)|The Donner Party]]'' (1992) on the [[Donner Party]] *''[[The Way West (documentary)|The Way West]]'' (1995) *''[[New York: A Documentary Film]]'' (1999; expanded 2003) *''[[Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film]]'' (2002) *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382612/ Columbia: A Celebration] (2003) *''[[Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film]]'' (2006) *''[[Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film]]'' (2006) *''[[We Shall Remain (documentary)|We Shall Remain]]'' (2009), on Native Americans *''[[Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World]]'' (2010) *''[[Nantucket (documentary)|Nantucket]]'' (2011) *''[[Death and the Civil War]]'' (2012) *''Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer'' (2014) *[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/american-ballet-theatre-full-film/3911/ ''American Ballet Theatre: A History''] (2015) *[https://www.pbs.org/veterans/stories-of-service/stream-tv/a-to-z/debt-of-honor/ ''Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History''] (2015) *[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/fil