Ken Burns
History & Biography
4-4:45 pm
Book Signing
2-3 pm
Ken Burns is the multiple award-winning director, producer, and co-writer of more than 10 critically acclaimed historical documentaries. His films include Brooklyn Bridge, Baseball, Jazz, and The Civil War, which have been honored with Academy Award nominations, Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and an Erik Barnouw Award, among others. He is co-author, with Geoffrey Ward, of War: An Intimate History, 1941-45 (Knopf, 2007). He is the co-producer and co-director of The War, a seven-part film based on the book that is scheduled to air on PBS in September 2007. He is a resident of Walpole, New Hampshire.