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Ken Burns was the first person to use modern technology so exclusively in film making and editing. The editing system includes non-linear editing systems like iMovie and iPhoto. They denote the transitional effect known as the famous "Ken Burns Effect" . Ken Burns is such a popular character that even the mobile phone company like Nokia has used the "Ken Burns Effect" in their phone model N73.
The most celebrated and discussed about among all the documentaries made by Ken Burns is The Civil War. It is called by the critics as the masterpiece. The narration of the movie was done by David McCullough. Ken Burns served as the filmmaker, producer, co-writer, chief cinematographer, and music director of the film. The Civil War bagged two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards. Ken Burns received Producer of the Year Award from Producer Guild of America. According to a report The Civil War had a huge audience of more than forty million people. The most popular two among all the other famous documentary films made by Ken Burns are Baseball and Unforgivable Blackness.
The professional life of Ken Burns had many ups and downs because of the constantly burgeoning controversies about the subject matters of his documentary films. His documentary movie The War which is based on the subject of World War II has featured some controversial matters like the contributions of the Hispanics in the war, although it is true that the movie has coverages of minority groups.
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