The Civil War

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Ken Burns
(9 episodes, 1990)

Series Writing Credits

Ken Burns
(written by) (9 episodes, 1990)
Ric Burns
(written by) (9 episodes, 1990)
Geoffrey C. Ward
(written by) (9 episodes, 1990)

Series Cast

Sam Waterston
 President Abraham Lincoln 9 episodes, 1990
Julie Harris
 Mary Chestnut 9 episodes, 1990
Jason Robards
 Ulysses S. Grant 9 episodes, 1990
Morgan Freeman
 Frederick Douglass / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Paul Roebling
 Joshua L. Chamberlain / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Garrison Keillor
 Walt Whitman / ... 9 episodes, 1990
George Black
 Robert E. Lee 9 episodes, 1990
David McCullough
 Self - Narrator 9 episodes, 1990
Arthur Miller
 William Tecumseh Sherman / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Christopher Murney
 Pvt. Elijah Hunt Rhodes 9 episodes, 1990
Charles McDowell
 Pvt. Sam Watkins 9 episodes, 1990
Horton Foote
 Jefferson Davis 9 episodes, 1990
George Plimpton
 George Templeton Strong / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Philip Bosco
 Horace Greeley / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Terry Courier
 George McClellan 9 episodes, 1990
Jody Powell
 Stonewall Jackson / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Studs Terkel
 Benjamin F. Butler 9 episodes, 1990
Jeremy Irons
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Derek Jacobi
 Various / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Gene Jones
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Jerome Dempsey
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Laurence Fishburne
 Various / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Betsy Apple
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Carol Craven
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Marissa Copeland
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Halo Wines
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
David Marks
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Pamela Reed
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Ronnie Gilbert
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
M. Emmet Walsh
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Hoyt Axton
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
John Hartford
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Walt MacPherson
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Colleen Dewhurst
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
 Various / ... 9 episodes, 1990
Bradford Washburn
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Jesse Carr
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Wendy Tilghman
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Joe Mattys
 Various 9 episodes, 1990
Shelby Foote
 Self - Writer / ... 8 episodes, 1990
Ed Bearss
 Self - Historian 6 episodes, 1990
Barbara Fields
 Self - Historian 5 episodes, 1990
James Symington
 Self - Former Congressman 4 episodes, 1990
Stephen B. Oates
 Self - Historian / ... 4 episodes, 1990
William Safire
 Self - Journalist 1 episode, 1990
Daisy Turner
 Self - Daugher of Alexander Turner 1 episode, 1990

Series Produced by

Ken Burns
executive producer (9 episodes, 1990)
Ric Burns
co-producer / producer (9 episodes, 1990)
Mike Hill
co-producer (9 episodes, 1990)
Jim Corbley
producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Christopher Darling
producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Julie Dunfey
co-producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Catherine Eisele-Yang
coordinating producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Mike Hill
co-producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Stephen Ives
co-producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Lynn Novick
associate producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Sara O'Brien
associate producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Justin Rhodes
producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Camilla Rockwell
associate producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Susanna Steisel
associate producer (8 episodes, 1990)
Daniel J. White
producer (8 episodes, 1990)

Series Music by

Jay Ungar
(9 episodes, 1990)

Series Cinematography by

Ken Burns
(9 episodes, 1990)
Allen Moore
(9 episodes, 1990)
Buddy Squires
(9 episodes, 1990)

Series Editing by

Paul Barnes
(9 episodes, 1990)
Tricia Reidy
(9 episodes, 1990)
Bruce Shaw
(9 episodes, 1990)

Series Sound Department

Paul Barnes
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Ed Barteski
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Marjorie Deutsch
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Lee Dichter
re-recording mixer (9 episodes, 1990)
Vida Fitzgerald
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Joan Franklin
assistant sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Mariusz Glabinski
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Alex Griswold
sound recordist (9 episodes, 1990)
Marlena Grzaslewicz
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Sean Huff
re-recording mixer (9 episodes, 1990)
Zack Krieger
sound recordist (9 episodes, 1990)
Joshua Levin
assistant sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Charles Meyer
sound recordist (9 episodes, 1990)
Tom Nelson
sound recordist (9 episodes, 1990)
Lisa Schechter
assistant sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Bruce Shaw
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Ira Spiegel
sound editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Frank Stettner
sound recordist (9 episodes, 1990)
Dennis Towns
sound recordist (8 episodes, 1990)
Lou Verrico
voice over recording (8 episodes, 1990)
Larry Degala
recording assistant (uncredited) (1 episode, 1990)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Robert Burgess
still photographer (9 episodes, 1990)
Amy Stechler Burns
assistant camera (9 episodes, 1990)
Ed Joyce
animation stand photography (9 episodes, 1990)
Bruce Kern
assistant camera (9 episodes, 1990)
Stephen Petegorsky
still photographer (9 episodes, 1990)
Carlos Sanchez
animation stand photography (9 episodes, 1990)
Ed Searles
animation stand photography (9 episodes, 1990)
Jeff Victor
assistant camera (9 episodes, 1990)
Foster Wylie
additional cinematographer (9 episodes, 1990)

Series Animation Department

Ed Joyce
animator (9 episodes, 1990)
Carlos Sanchez
animator (9 episodes, 1990)
Ed Searles
animator (9 episodes, 1990)

Series Editorial Department

Joshua Levin
apprentice editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Patrick McGuinn
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
David McQuiling
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
Eric Mortenson
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
Robert Mowen
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
David Nelson
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
Myra Paci
editing intern (9 episodes, 1990)
Noëlle Penraat
negative cutter (9 episodes, 1990)
Meredith Woods
editing intern / assistant editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Phoebe Yantsios
editing intern / assistant editor (9 episodes, 1990)
Michael Balabuch
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Jonathan Baron
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Ed Barteski
apprentice editor / assistant editor (8 episodes, 1990)
Robert Blumenfield
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Jennifer Brown
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
David Cantor
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Christine Coscioni
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Vida Fitzgerald
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Michael Foxworth
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Elisa Haber
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Linda Kong
editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
Lynn Novick
post-production coordinator / editing intern (8 episodes, 1990)
John Dowdell
hd colorist (uncredited) (9 episodes, 1990)
Dave Pultz
color timer (uncredited) (9 episodes, 1990)

Series Music Department

Ken Burns
musical director / music direction (9 episodes, 1990)
John Colby
music producer / music direction (9 episodes, 1990)
Molly Mason
musician: guitar (9 episodes, 1990)
Jacqueline Schwab
musician: piano (9 episodes, 1990)
Jay Ungar
fiddle / mandolin / musician: fiddle / original theme (9 episodes, 1990)
Peter Amidon
musician: banjo (8 episodes, 1990)
Russ Barenberg
musician: harmonica (8 episodes, 1990)
Don Brooks
musician: guitar (8 episodes, 1990)
Jesse Carr
musician: guitar (8 episodes, 1990)
Peter Ecklund
musician: coronet (8 episodes, 1990)
Matt Glaser
musician: fiddle (8 episodes, 1990)
Peggy James
musician: violin (8 episodes, 1990)
Yonatan Malin
musician: flute (8 episodes, 1990)

Series Additional Crew

Daniel Aaron
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Randall Balsmeyer
map animation (9 episodes, 1990)
Ira Berlin
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Bree Camber
chief financial officer (9 episodes, 1990)
Joe DePlasco
public relations (9 episodes, 1990)
Dayton Duncan
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Don Fehrenbacher
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Barbara Fields
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Eric Foner
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Shelby Foote
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Charles Fuller
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Anne Harrington
vice president (9 episodes, 1990)
Robert Johannsen
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Elaine Laughlin
other crew (9 episodes, 1990)
William Leuchtenburg
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Tom Lewis
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Jerome Liebling
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
James Madden
title designer (9 episodes, 1990)
David McCullough
creative consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Charles McDowell
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
William S. McFeely
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
James M. McPherson
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Brian Moriarty
public relations (9 episodes, 1990)
Mike Musick
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Stephen B. Oates
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Drew Patrick
legal services / legal (9 episodes, 1990)
Sharon Rockefeller
other crew (9 episodes, 1990)
Stephen Sears
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Gene Smith
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Richard Snow
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Amy Stechler
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
David S. Thompson
project director (9 episodes, 1990)
Robert Penn Warren
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Bernard Weisberger
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Don Wershba
engineer (9 episodes, 1990)
Kathryn Wilson
interactive media (9 episodes, 1990)
C. Vann Woodward
consultant (9 episodes, 1990)
Charles Dewey
other crew / post production pa (8 episodes, 1990)
Lovel Richardson
research assistant (8 episodes, 1990)

Series Thanks

Benjamin Tucker
re-mastering special thanks (9 episodes, 1990)
Paul Barnes
special thanks (1 episode, 1990)
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