Ken Burns

 American producer and director Ken Burns has a net worth $3.5 million. Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his numerous documentaries and documentary series on a variety of historical subjects. The most well-known of his works are "The Civil War," Jazz," Prohibition," The Roosevelts," and the "Vietnam War." Burns films are well-known for his use of slow zooms into and out photos and archival footage. The technique is known as the "Ken Burns effect". "Burns has also been awarded more than 20 honorary degrees. The film he directed "The Civil War" was a huge success, winning more than 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award (from the Producers Guild of America), an People's Choice Award and a Peabody Award. He also was awarded a duPont–Columbia award as well as the D. W. Griffith Award. The $50,000 Lincoln Prize was awarded to the actor. The documentary he made in 2017 "The Vietnam War" was also lauded.There is an Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College. In 2004 Burns was awarded the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.