Story
Full overview
The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.
People
Cast
Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
Jeff DanielsErnest Hemingway (voice)
Michael KitakisHimself – Writer
Edna O'BrienHerself – Writer
Tobias WolffSelfMary DearbornHerself – BiographerAbraham VergheseHimself – WriterMary KarrHerself – WriterSusan BeegelHerself – Literary ScholarMarc DudleyHimself – Literary Scholar
Mario Vargas LlosaHimself – WriterPatrick HemingwayHimself – Hemingway's Second Son
Ernest HemingwayHimself (archive footage)Production
Key crew
Lynn NovickDirector
Ken BurnsDirector
Sarah BotsteinProducer
Ken BurnsProducer
Lynn NovickProducer