The Roosevelts (miniseries)

PBS By purchasing them on PBS' online shop - found here. By streaming them through the PBS Video app (on your smart TV, smartphone, or the web), which has a Ken Burns Collection playlist available with Passport - found here. By renting them on iTunes.

In all, he has made 27 documentaries, 15 supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

FDR The three-part miniseries chronicles the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States. The three-part miniseries chronicles the life of Franklin D.

Dave Dave. Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in this box-office winner about an uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave, who's recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.

Website. kenburns.com. His widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019).

The effect, which was formerly known as animantics, is named after the award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns. The application of animated transitions to still photographs has become so associated with the film maker personally, that it is even called the Ken Burns effect in video editing software suites.

His successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, making him the first American to ever win a Nobel Prize. Roosevelt was elected to a full term in 1904 and promoted policies more to the left, despite growing opposition from Republican leaders.

Designated Survivor Abruptly elevated to the presidency after a calamitous attack, Cabinet secretary Tom Kirkman must lead the nation through an ever-deepening crisis.

A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists. A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.

Rich kid Payton has always known he's going to be president. But first he has to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: high school. Watch all you want.

The Ken Burns effect is named after the person who popularized it: the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Basically, it's a panning, zooming and transitioning technique that gives the illusion of motion, even if you're looking at a still image.