Douglas Brinkley
- Acting
- December 14, 1960 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness · Self
- Rather · Self
- Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty · Self
- Jesse Watters Primetime · Self
- Fandango at the Wall · Self
- Public Trust · Self
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
- The Nineties
- The Obama Years: The Power of Words · Self
- Reagan: From Movie Star to President · Self
- Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker · Self
- Henry Ford · Self
- Race · Self
- Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House · Self
- Soul of a People: Writing America's Story · Self
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride · Self
- The Colbert Report
- Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry · Self, Writer
- CBS News Sunday Morning · Self
- Untitled Walter Cronkite Biopic · Novel