SARAH BURNS Sarah Burns is the author of The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding (Knopf, 2011) and, along with David McMahon and Ken Burns, the producer, writer and director of the documentary The Central Park Five, about the five Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly convicted in

JULIE COFFMAN A graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, Julie Coffman worked as a graphic designer for ten years before joining Ewers Brothers Productions where she has produced and co-produced numerous films including: Coke Zero: Sam’s Story; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; The Residue Years (based on the novel

DAYTON DUNCAN Dayton Duncan is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker. He is the author of twelve books. Out West: A Journey Through Lewis & Clark’s America chronicles his retracing of the Lewis and Clark trail. Grass Roots: One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary is

JULIE DUNFEY Julie A. Dunfey began her association with Ken Burns and Florentine Films in 1986 as a co-producer of The Civil War and Thomas Hart Benton. Thomas Hart Benton, which was broadcast in 1989, received a Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival. The Civil War, for which Julie received an

SALIMAH EL-AMIN For 25 years, Salimah El-Amin has worked on numerous award-winning films and television programs, including most recently as a co-producer on the 2021 PBS documentary series Hemingway, about the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Her other work includes College Behind Bars, The

CHRIS EWERS Cinematographer and Co-Director Christopher Loren Ewers' career behind the camera has spanned over 20 years. He studied cinematography at Boston University, photojournalism at the New England School of Photography and has traveled the world exploring the human experience through the lens. His eclectic work includes a variety of subjects, formats

ERIK EWERS Co-Director and editor Erik Ewers has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns for more than 28 years on almost all of his single and multi-episodic films, including Baseball, Jazz, Mark Twain, The War, Prohibition, The National Parks, The Roosevelts, The Vietnam War, and Country Music. He currently serves as

Laurens Grant [pronounced La-RENZ] is a 3-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker and a Sundance Institute filmmaker fellow. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Documentary Branch [Oscars], and a voter in the Television Academy [Emmys]. She is also a member of the Television Academy’s

STEPHANIE JENKINS Stephanie Jenkins has worked with Ken Burns and Florentine Films since 2010. She is currently a producer on a new multi-part series about Muhammad Ali. She was the co-producer on East Lake: A Public Housing Story; associate producer for Jackie Robinson; and was the production coordinator on The Central

DAVID MCMAHON David McMahon has been making award-winning documentary films for more than a decade. In 2010, he wrote and produced with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick The Tenth Inning, a two-part, four-hour update to their Emmy Award-winning series, Baseball. With Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, he wrote, produced and directed The