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Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)

Awards

Ken Burns

49 wins & 38 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The Statue of Liberty (1985)
    1986 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • The Statue of Liberty
    Shared with: Buddy Squires
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
    1982 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Brooklyn Bridge

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

  • The Civil War (1990)
    1991 Winner Silver FIPA
    • Documentary and Essay
    • The Civil War

BAFTA Awards

  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best International
    • The Vietnam War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick · Geoffrey C. Ward · Sarah Botstein

Chicago International Film Festival

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
    1981 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Brooklyn Bridge

Christopher Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2018 Winner Life Achievement Christopher Award
    • Lifetime Achievement
  • The War (2007)
    2007 Winner Christopher Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The War
  • Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
    2004 Winner Christopher Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
  • Louis Armstrong in Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns (2001)
    2002 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
    Shared with: Geoffrey C. Ward · Lynn Novick · Peter Miller · Victoria Gohl
  • Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999)
    2000 Winner Christopher Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

CINE Competition

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2003 Winner CINE Leadership Award
  • The Civil War (1990)
    1990 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary Series
    • The Civil War
  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
    1990 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • American Experience
    Shared with: Stephen Ives
  • Thomas Hart Benton in Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
    1988 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
    1981 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • Brooklyn Bridge

Deauville Film Festival

  • The War (2007)
    2007 Winner Canal+ Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • The Vietnam War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick
  • The War (2007)
    2008 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • The War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste (2022)
    2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste
    Shared with: Sarah Botstein · Lynn Novick · Mike Welt
  • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste (2022)
    2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
    • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste
    For "Episode 3: The Homeless, Tempest-tossed (1942 - )"
    Shared with: Sarah Botstein · Lynn Novick
  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
    • The Vietnam War
    For episode "Episode 8"
    Shared with: Lynn Novick
  • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
    2015 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
    Shared with: Dalton Delan · David S. Thompson · Pamela Oas Williams · Laura Ziskin · Barak Goodman
  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
    2015 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
    Shared with: Paul Barnes · Pam Tubridy Baucom

Grammy Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    1995 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
    For "Baseball"
  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    1992 Winner Grammy
    • Best Traditional Folk Album
    for "The Civil War - Original Soundtrack" (Various Artists)
    Shared with: John Colby
  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    1992 Winner Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
    for "The Civil War"

Humanitas Prize

  • The Civil War (1990)
    1991 Winner Humanitas Prize
    • Documentaries - Special Awards Category
    • The Civil War
    Shared with: Geoffrey C. Ward · Ric Burns

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon

International Documentary Association

  • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste (2022)
    2023 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series
    • L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste
    Shared with: Mike Welt · Lynn Novick · Sarah Botstein
  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2017 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Limited Series
    • The Vietnam War
  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee Video Source Award
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • The War (2007)
    2008 Nominee IDA Award
    • Limited Series
    • The War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick · Sarah Botstein

London Film Festival

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee Grierson Award
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: David McMahon · Sarah Burns

Nantucket Film Festival

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2023 Winner Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling
    Shared with: Lynn Novick

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2008 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

PGA Awards

  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
    2015 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
    • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
    Shared with: Paul Barnes · Pam Tubridy Baucom
  • The Dust Bowl (2012)
    2013 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
    • The Dust Bowl
    Shared with: Dayton Duncan · Julie Dunfey
  • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
    1998 Winner Vision Award
    • Television
    • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
  • The Civil War (1990)
    1991 Winner PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Television
    • The Civil War
    Shared with: Ric Burns

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Frank Lloyd Wright in Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
    1998 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Frank Lloyd Wright

St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Mark Twain in Mark Twain (2001)
    2001 Winner Best Documentary Award
    • Mark Twain
  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2001 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Sundance Film Festival

  • Frank Lloyd Wright in Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
    1998 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Huey Long in Huey Long (1985)
    1986 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Huey Long

Television Critics Association Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    2017 Winner Career Achievement Award

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Documentary Screenplay
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon

Western Heritage Awards

  • Country Music (2019)
    2020 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Documentary
    • Country Music
    Shared with: Dayton Duncan · Julie Dunfey
  • The Dust Bowl (2012)
    2013 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Western Documentary
    • The Dust Bowl
    Shared with: Dayton Duncan
  • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
    1998 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Western Documentary
    • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
    Shared with: Dayton Duncan

Black Reel Awards

  • Jackie Robinson (2016)
    2017 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Television Documentary or Special
    • Jackie Robinson
  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Winner Black Reel
    • Best Documentary
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon
  • Jack Johnson in Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
    2006 Nominee Black Reel
    • Best Documentary
    • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Western Writers of America

  • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
    1998 Winner Spur Award
    • Best Documentary Script
    • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
    Tied with Arthur Drooker for _George Armstrong Custer (1997)_.
    Shared with: Dayton Duncan

Organization of American Historians

  • Huey Long in Huey Long (1985)
    1986 Winner Erik Barnouw Award
    • Huey Long
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
    1983 Winner Erik Barnouw Award
    • Brooklyn Bridge

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon

Telluride Film Festival

  • Ken Burns at an event for Coup de foudre au Caire (2009)
    1994 Winner Silver Medallion Award

FOCAL International Awards

  • Muhammad Ali in Muhammad Ali (2021)
    2022 Winner FOCAL Award
    • Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production
    • Muhammad Ali
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon · Stephanie Jenkins

Online Film & Television Association

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • The Central Park Five
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon

Gabriel Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Winner Gabriel Award
    • Documentary
    • The Central Park Five

American Film Festival

  • The Civil War (1990)
    1990 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Documentary
    • The Civil War
  • Huey Long in Huey Long (1985)
    1985 Winner Red Ribbon Award
    • Documentary
    • Huey Long
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
    1981 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Documentary
    • Brooklyn Bridge

Clarion Awards

  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Winner Clarion Award
    • Television Documentary Series - National
    • The Vietnam War
    Shared with: Lynn Novick · Geoffrey C. Ward · Sarah Botstein
  • Jackie Robinson (2016)
    2017 Winner Clarion Award
    • Television Documentary Program - National
    • Jackie Robinson
    Shared with: Sarah Burns · David McMahon

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