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. His most famous works include "The Civil War", "Jazz," Prohibition," "The Roosevelts," or "The Vietnam War". Burns films are well-known for his use of slow zooms in and out of photographs and archive footage. The technique is known as"the "Ken Burns effect". Burns has been honored with over 20 honorary degrees. The film he directed "The Civil War" was a huge success, winning 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) and the People's Choice Award and a Peabody Award. He also was awarded a duPont–Columbia award as well as an D. W. Griffith Award. The $50,000 Lincoln Prize was awarded to the actor. The documentary of 2017 "The Vietnam War" was also highly well-received. There's an Ken Burns Wing at Hampshire College's Jerome Liebling Center for Film Photography, Film, and Video. Burns was given the S. Roger Horchow award for the most outstanding public service performed by an individual in 2004. This is an award which the Jefferson Awards gives out each year.