Production CompanyTelevisionDocumentary

Florentine Films

Walpole, New Hampshire(approximate location)

Florentine Films has made some of the most watched documentaries on PBS. It was founded in 1976 by Ken Burns, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires and Larry Hott.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television · Documentary
LocationWalpole, New Hampshire
Websiteflorentinefilms.com
Social
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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

31 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
Emmys12of24nominations50%

69 wins from 176 nominations across all awards

Box office
$325,653

Combined US gross, 1 of 44 titles

Baseball poster
Highest rated
Baseball
1994
9.24,924 votes
Homecoming poster
Lowest rated
Homecoming
2023
6.2305 votes
Mostly
documentary, history, biography
Active
1981–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Best known for
The Vietnam War

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 37 of 44 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
2619 seasons

1990–2026

Television rating
8.9IMDb

Their films average 7.7, so the television rates 1.2 higher.

Networks
  • PBS20
  • ARTE1
  • BBC Four1

Across 21 series matched to TMDB, 103 episodes.

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 46

17 films · 27 TV titles

Titles per year37 titles · busiest 2019 with 3

37 titles across 30 years, averaging 1.2 a year. The last five years average 1.8 a year, above their long-run rate. 6 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time24 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 8.8200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.8 across 8 titles. The 12 titles since 2016 average 8.9, holding at their 8.7 overall. 5 of 24 rated titles sit above their 8.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Ken Burns9
  • Lawrence R. Hott3
  • Sarah Burns2
  • David McMahon2
  • Diane Garey2
Writers
  • Ken Burns5
  • Ken Chowder3
  • Geoffrey C. Ward3
  • Sarah Burns2
  • David McMahon2
Notable cast
  • Peter Coyote10
  • Keith David5
  • Tom Hanks3
  • George F. Will2
  • Adam Arkin2
Genres
  • Documentary32 of 37
  • History22 of 37
  • Biography9 of 37
  • War5 of 37
  • Drama3 of 37

Names appearing on two or more of Florentine Films’s produced titles, across the 37 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with5 companies

Companies that appear alongside Florentine Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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