Lilly Burns is an American television producer who co-founded

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. In January 2022, she was named president of

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Early life and education

Burns's father is the documentary filmmaker

Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the Nati ...

. Her uncle,

Ric Burns Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series '' The Civil War'' (1 ...

, and sister,

Sarah Burns Sarah Burns is an American film and television actress and comedian, best known for playing Krista on HBO's '' Enlightened''. Early life Born on Long Island, New York, Burns has performed improvisational comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens ...

, are also documentary filmmakers. She graduated from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 2009.

Career

She co-founded Jax Media with Tony Hernandez and John Skidmore in 2011. She won a

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in 2014 for producing ''

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''. As executive producer, she was nominated for six

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for her work on '' Hack Into Broad City'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), ''Russian Doll'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2020). She was also nominated for two

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for her work on ''Search Party'' and ''Russian Doll''.

Personal life

She married Tony Hernandez in 2015. The couple and their two children live in

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Lilly Living people American women television producers American women television directors American television directors American television producers Columbia College (New York) alumni Peabody Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)