Biography
Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.
Also known as
Douglas Gregg Brinkley
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Acting credits
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Directing
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Writing
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Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1
303 votesThe Colbert Report
2005 · tv
- 2
23 votesCBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · tv
- 3
23 votesThe Nineties
2017 · tv
- 4
18 votesBuy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · movie
- 5
9 votesBayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013 · movie
- 6
6 votesGoing Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004 · movie
- 7
5 votesRather
2023 · movie
- 8
4 votesHenry Ford
2013 · movie
Career timeline
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