Burns was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award at the 10th annual ceremony on Nov. 9
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- Ken Burns was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award at the 10th annual ceremony on Nov. 9 in New York City
- The famous documentarian’s body of work includes more than 40 films, including Leonardo DaVinci, The American Buffalo, The U.S. and the Holocaust and the forthcoming The American Revolution
- Emmy winner Christine Baranski presented Burns with his award
Ken Burns has always loved history.
The famous documentarian, whose body of work includes more than 40 films, including Leonardo DaVinci, The American Buffalo, The U.S. and the Holocaust and the forthcoming The American Revolution, was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award at the 10th annual ceremony on Nov. 9 in New York City.
“When I was a little boy, I was embarrassed by the fact that all of my friends read novels, and I read encyclopedias, and I loved it,” he told PEOPLE on the carpet at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
“And people in history classes said, ‘Oh, I knew that’s what you’re gonna do.’ And I would go, ‘No, I’m gonna be a writer or a filmmaker. What does that have to do to history?” Burns recalled…