Ken Burns

 American director and producer Ken Burns has a net value of $3.5 million. American filmmaker Ken Burns is well-known for his numerous documentaries and documentary series on historical subjects. Some of his most well-known films include "The Civil War," "Jazz," "Prohibition," "The Roosevelts," and "The Vietnam War." Burns films have been noted for its use of archival footage and slow zooms in and out of images, a technique dubbed"the "Ken Burns effect. Burns has received more than 20 honorary degrees. The film he directed "The Civil War", which won over 40 important film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award (from the Producers Guild of America), the People's Choice Award and a Peabody Award. He also received a duPont–Columbia Award as well as a D. W. Griffith Award. The $50,000 Lincoln Prize was awarded to the actor. His documentary from 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 received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen. This award is handed each year by Jefferson Awards.