Thomas Jefferson Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Thomas Jefferson

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

The paradox of Thomas Jefferson, a Renaissance Man turned Founding Father and ambassador to Revolutionary France, and a plantation owner who argued that the matter of abolition should be left to future generations.

Director

Ken Burns

Writer

Geoffrey C. Ward

Producers

Ken Burns | Mark Hall | Camilla Rockwell

Cinematographers

Ken Burns | Peter B. Hutton | Allen Moore | Buddy Squires

Editors

Paul Barnes | Kevin Kertscher

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Updated Dec 31, 1997

Release date

1997 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Ossie Davis Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Joseph Ellis Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
John Hope Franklin Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Separate But Equal (1991)
Gwyneth Paltrow Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Michael Potts Isaac Isaac See fewer	Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues (2021)
Gore Vidal Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Gattaca (1997)
Sam Waterston Thomas Jefferson (voice) Thomas Jefferson (voice) See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
George F. Will Self - Writer (as George Will) Self - Writer (as George Will) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Garry Wills Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Conversations About Studs (2004)
Natalie Bober Self - Historian / Consultant (uncredited) Self - Historian / Consultant (uncredited) See fewer