| Muhammad Ali | | producer |
| College Behind Bars | 2019 | producer |
| Country Music | 2019 | producer |
| Country Music: Live at the Ryman - A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns | 2019 | producer |
| Walden | 2017/III | producer |
| The Vietnam War | 2017 | producer |
| Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | 2016 | producer |
| Jackie Robinson | | producer |
| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | 2015 | producer |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | | producer |
| The Dust Bowl | | producer |
| The Central Park Five | 2012 | producer |
| Prohibition | | producer |
| Baseball | | producer |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | | producer |
| Medal of Honor | 2008 | producer |
| The War | | producer |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2004 | producer |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 | producer |
| Mark Twain | 2001 | producer |
| Jazz | 2001 | producer |
| Biography | 2000 | producer |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | 1999 | producer |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | producer |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1997 | producer |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | 1997 | producer |
| The West | | producer |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | producer |
| The Civil War | 1990 | producer |
| American Experience | 1990 | producer |
| The Congress | 1988 | producer |
| Thomas Hart Benton | 1988 | producer |
| The Statue of Liberty | 1985 | producer |
| Huey Long | 1985 | producer |
| The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God | 1984 | producer |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1981 | producer |
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| Country Music | 2019 | director |
| The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science | 2018 | director |
| The Vietnam War | 2017 | director |
| Vietnam | 2017 | director |
| The Vietnam War | 2017 | director |
| Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | 2016 | director |
| Jackie Robinson | 2016 | director |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | director |
| The Address | 2014 | director |
| The Dust Bowl | 2012 | director |
| The Central Park Five | 2012 | director |
| Prohibition | 2011 | director |
| Baseball | 1994-2010 | director |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | director |
| The War | 2007 | director |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2004 | director |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 | director |
| Mark Twain | 2001 | director |
| Jazz | 2001 | director |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | 1999 | director |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | director |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1997 | director |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | 1997 | director |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | director |
| The Civil War | 1990 | director |
| The Congress | 1988 | director |
| Thomas Hart Benton | 1988 | director |
| The Statue of Liberty | 1985 | director |
| Huey Long | 1985 | director |
| The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God | 1984 | director |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1981 | director |
| Baseball | 1994-2010 | cinematographer |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | cinematographer |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 | cinematographer |
| Mark Twain | 2001 | cinematographer |
| Jazz | 2001 | cinematographer |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | 1999 | cinematographer |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | cinematographer |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1997 | cinematographer |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | 1997 | cinematographer |
| The Civil War | 1990 | cinematographer |
| The Congress | 1988 | cinematographer |
| The Statue of Liberty | 1985 | cinematographer |
| Huey Long | 1985 | cinematographer |
| The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God | 1984 | cinematographer |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1981 | cinematographer |
| Muhammad Ali | | writer |
| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | 2015 | writer |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | writer |
| The Address | 2014 | writer |
| The Central Park Five | 2012 | writer |
| Baseball | 1994-2010 | writer |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | 1997 | writer |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | writer |
| The Civil War | 1990 | writer |
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| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | music_department |
| The Civil War | | music_department |
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| Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | 2015 | miscellaneous |
| The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo | 2005 | miscellaneous |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1997 | miscellaneous |
| The Making of 'Gettysburg' | 1993 | miscellaneous |
| American Experience | 1990 | miscellaneous |
| The Address | 2014 | camera_department |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | camera_department |
| The West | 1996 | camera_department |
| American Experience | 1990 | camera_department |
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| Difficult People | 2016 | actor |
| The Mindy Project | 2014 | actor |
| Gettysburg | 1993 | actor |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2004 | soundtrack |
| Sirocco: Prophecy of Wind | 2017 | thanks |
| A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House | 2016 | thanks |
| Wear | 2015 | thanks |
| Interstellar | 2014 | thanks |
| Wired | 2014 | thanks |
| Mary & Bill | 2010 | thanks |
| Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey | 2006 | thanks |
| The Making of 'The Devil's Den' | 2003 | thanks |
| The Cat's Meow | 2001 | thanks |
| Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror | 1998 | thanks |
| Today | 1990-2019 | self |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2019 | self |
| Morning Joe | 2018-2019 | self |
| Jeopardy! | 2015-2019 | self |
| Country Music: Live at the Ryman - A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns | 2019 | self |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | 2019 | self |
| Amanpour & Company | 2018 | self |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2018 | self |
| Megyn Kelly Today | 2018 | self |
| MTP Daily with Chuck Todd | 2017 | self |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016-2017 | self |
| Kennedy Live | 2017 | self |
| Fox and Friends | 2017 | self |
| Face the Nation | 2017 | self |
| Ken Burns: America's Storyteller | 2017 | self |
| CBS This Morning | 2012-2016 | self |
| MLB Network Presents | 2016 | self |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2016 | self |
| The Ken Burns Effect | 2016 | self |
| Overheard | 2016 | self |
| Good Morning America | 2015 | self |
| The Colbert Report | 2005-2014 | self |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 2014 | self |
| The Daily Show | 2007-2014 | self |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2007-2014 | self |
| Tavis Smiley | 2009-2014 | self |
| Katie | 2014 | self |
| Americana Music Honors & Awards | 2013 | self |
| Good Day L.A. | 2013 | self |
| The Hour | 2012 | self |
| Charlie Rose | 1994-2012 | self |
| On the Dust Bowl with Ken Burns & Timothy Egan | 2012 | self |
| Lessons from the Dust Bowl with Ken Burns | 2012 | self |
| Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself | 2012 | self |
| The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter | 2012 | self |
| Glue Man | 2012 | self |
| Prime 9 | 2010-2011 | self |
| Drinks and Conversation | 2011 | self |
| The Simpsons | 2003-2011 | self |
| Doc Talk | 2011 | self |
| A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 | 2010 | self |
| Budapest to Gettysburg | 2007 | self |
| The Interviews: An Oral History of Television | 2007 | self |
| Reason TV | 2007 | self |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2003-2007 | self |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | 2007 | self |
| Wordplay | 2006 | self |
| Live From Lincoln Center | 2005 | self |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2005 | self |
| The Tony Danza Show | 2005 | self |
| The Tim McCarver Show | 2003 | self |
| 100 Years of the World Series | 2003 | self |
| ESPN SportsCentury | 2002-2003 | self |
| Tribeca Film Festival Presents | 2003 | self |
| Independent View | 2002 | self |
| Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History | 2001 | self |
| Great Performances | 2000 | self |
| Palisades Amusement Park, a Century of Fond Memories | 1998 | self |
| The Making of 'Gettysburg' | 1993 | self |
| The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1991 | self |