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About Ken

  • Directed the landmark PBS series The Civil War, highest-rated PBS program as of 2024.
  • Honored with 17 Emmy Awards, 2 Grammys, and 2 Oscar nominations for documentary filmmaking.
  • Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2022.
  • Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2008.
  • Renowned for acclaimed documentaries: Baseball, Jazz, The War, The Vietnam War, and more.

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Leonardo da Vinci is a thoroughly modern figure, even if he lived hundreds of years ago. So says Ken Burns, the legendary documentary filmmaker on topics from the Civil War to Muhammad Ali. Burns joins Rapid Response to talk about his new, upcoming project on da Vinci and what leaders in 2024 can learn from his interdisciplinary approach. Burns also opens up about the challenges of creative integrity in a world influenced by AI, the advantages of avoiding shortcuts, and how studying history reveals key lessons for tackling modern problems.

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