Meet The Filmmakers
Our Partnership
"You add up the elements, the good food, the good lodging, the intelligent design, the extras – all equal something good. but we want that experience to be just a little bit more. And maybe that 'more' is life-changing and life-transforming."
– Filmmaker Ken Burns
About Ken Burns
Ken has been making films for more than 30 years; he founded his own documentary company, Florentine Films, in 1976. Since his Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, his filmography includes popular films such as The National Parks: America's Best Idea, The War, Jazz, Baseball, Prohibition, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, The Dust Bowl, Mark Twain, The Shakers: Hands To Work, Hearts To God, and more, including The Civil War – American public television's highest-rated series. His work has won Emmy Awards, Peabody Awards and two Oscar nominations; in 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
About Dayton Duncan
Dayton is the author of ten books and former director of the National Park Foundation. He wrote and produced with Ken Burns The National Parks: America's Best Idea, for which he won two Emmys. Dayton was also the co-writer and consulting producer for a 12-hour series on the American West that won the Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians, and is a consultant for many Ken Burns films.
Ken Burns American Journeys –
Exclusive Guided Trips
In 2010, we approached award-winning filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan about joining together to develop special travel experiences around the themes of their documentary films. Together, we’ve enhanced 15+ journeys and created over 100 original film vignettes ("Stories by Ken Burns"), created six tours ("Crafted by Tauck and Ken Burns") and developed special events ("Ken Burns Events") with Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan; they connect guests with destinations in deep and lasting ways. Today, our partnership continues to flourish.
Their acclaimed film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea took them over 10 years to create. Tapping into this, with Ken Burns American Journeys they share their unique perspectives, behind-the-scenes insights and their extensive network of local experts to maximize your travel experience in the National Parks in ways that add layers of meaning and appreciation. Over the years insights from films such as The Roosevelts, Jazz, Baseball, Mark Twain, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, Prohibition and more – producing original content shared on travel experiences across the US.
Ken Burns American Journeys include both national park travel experiences and visits to National Park Service sites throughout the US such as national monuments, national memorials, national military parks and battlefield sites, national seashores, national scenic trails and more. New for 2018 – filmed narratives featuring insights by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein based on their upcoming PBS documentary The Vietnam War.