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'''Ric Burns''' (CC '78) is a documentary filmmaker, perhaps best known for the seven-part, 13-hour public television program ''New York: A Documentary Film'', which he directed, co-produced, and co-wrote. Burns is a winner of the John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement and studied English Literature at Columbia and Cambridge before working with his brother, Ken, on the television mini-series ''The Civil War'' (1990).
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'''Ric Burns''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1978|78]] is a documentary filmmaker, perhaps best known for the seven-part, 13-hour public television program ''New York: A Documentary Film'', which he directed, co-produced, and co-wrote. Burns also produced a documentary about Columbia history for the university's [[C250|250th anniversary]] in [[2004]]. Burns is a winner of the [[John Jay Award]] for distinguished professional achievement and studied [[English]] at Columbia and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] before working with his brother, Ken, on the television mini-series ''The Civil War'' (1990).
  
His production company, Steeplechase Films, is located on the Upper West Side.
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His production company, Steeplechase Films, is located on the [[Upper West Side]].
  
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 28 October 2009

Ric Burns CC '78 is a documentary filmmaker, perhaps best known for the seven-part, 13-hour public television program New York: A Documentary Film, which he directed, co-produced, and co-wrote. Burns also produced a documentary about Columbia history for the university's 250th anniversary in 2004. Burns is a winner of the John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement and studied English at Columbia and Cambridge before working with his brother, Ken, on the television mini-series The Civil War (1990).

His production company, Steeplechase Films, is located on the Upper West Side.