# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-burns
# Generated: 2026-09-06T19:11:59.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-burns"
name: "Ken Burns"
slug: "ken-burns"
description: "Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS. Burns lives in the small town of Walpole, New Hampshire."
tagline: "American documentarian and filmmaker (born 1953)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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totalFollowers: 89600
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump