Julie A. Dunfey

Roles: Director

Julie A. Dunfey began her association with Ken Burns and Florentine Films in 1986 as a co-producer of The Civil War and Thomas Hart Benton. Thomas Hart Benton, which was broadcast in 1989, received a CINE Golden Eagle and a Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival. The Civil War, for which Julie received an Emmy and a Christopher Award, premiered in 1990 and became the most highly rated series in PBS history. Through the 1990s and the first few years of this century, Julie stayed at home with her three children. She was a consultant on Mark Twain; Jazz; Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; Horatio’s Drive; and The War, all Florentine Films productions. During this time she also served on the boards of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and the Conservation Law Foundation, and for eleven years as a trustee at Phillips Exeter Academy, the last four as vice-president. She returned to Florentine Films as a co-producer for The National Parks: America’s Best Idea in 2006, which was awarded a CINE Golden Eagle and an Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series. Julie Dunfey is now producing The Dust Bowl, scheduled for national PBS broadcast in 2012. She lives in New Hampshire with her family. She is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College, and received her M.A. in history from Stanford University.