THE DUST BOWL, a two-part series about the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, won a CINE Golden Eagle and a Western Heritage award.ĭuncan has also served as a consultant or consulting producing on all of Burns's other documentaries, beginning with THE CIVIL WAR and including BASEBALL, JAZZ, and THE WAR, among others. THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, which he wrote and produced, won two Emmy awards – for outstanding nonfiction series and outstanding writing for nonfiction programming.
HORATIO'S DRIVE, about the first transcontinental automobile trip, which he wrote and produced, won a Christopher Award. Duncan was co-writer and consulting producer of THE WEST, a 12-hour series about the history of the American West, the writer and producer of LEWIS & CLARK: THE JOURNEY OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY, co-writer and producer of MARK TWAIN, a four-hour film biography of the great American humorist. The latest film, Country Music follows the evolution of country music, tracing its origins in minstrel music, ballads, hymns, and the blues, and its early years when it was called hillbilly music played across the airwaves on radio station barn dances.
He is the author of twelve books, five of which are companion books to documentary films he wrote and produced: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Mark Twain Horatio's Drive The National Parks: America's Best Idea and The Dust Bowl.ĭayton has published two books for young readers: People of the West, was named a Notable Children's Trade Book by the National Council of Social Studies and the Children's Book Council, and The West: An Illustrated History for Children, was selected by The New Yorker magazine for its "short list" of the 16 best children's books of 1996 and won a Western Heritage award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.Īrticles of his have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, American Heritage magazine, The Old Farmer's Almanac, and many other publications.ĭuncan has also been involved for many years with the award-winning work of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Dayton Duncan is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker.
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