Columbia College Report

Writer, director and producer Ric Burns ’78 spoke to students through the Center for Student Advising’s CSA Talks series, which invites captivating scholars, thinkers, dreamers, writers and doers to share their narratives and keys to fulfillment.

Burns has been writing, directing and producing historical documentaries for nearly 20 years, since his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War (1990), which he produced with his brother Ken and co-wrote with Geoffrey C. Ward. Burns is best known for his series New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to wide public and critical acclaim.