David McCullough

Biography

David Gaub McCullough was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.

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Awards & recognition

Ken Burns American Heritage Prize · 2017
Newberry Library Award · 2013
Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2006
Jefferson Lecture · 2003
Pulitzer Prize — Biography · 2002

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Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2000
honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1996
Charles Frankel Prize · 1995
Helmerich Award · 1995
National Book Award · 1995
Francis Parkman Prize · 1993
Pulitzer Prize — Biography · 1993
St. Louis Literary Award · 1993
Lionel Gelber Prize · 1992
Guggenheim Fellowship · 1986
National Book Award · 1982
Francis Parkman Prize · 1978
National Book Award · 1978
Christopher Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of the Northeastern University
honorary doctorate from Brown University
Library of Congress Living Legend
National Humanities Medal
National Book Award — Nonfiction · 1992 · nominated
Pulitzer Prize — Biography · 1982 · nominated

Filmography17 titles

The Civil War

1990as Narrator (voice)

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014as Self - Historian

John Adams

2008Book

Brooklyn Bridge

1981as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Congress

1989as Self - Writer / Narrator

FDR

1994as Narrator

Huey Long

1985as Narrator (voice)

Seabiscuit

2003as Narrator

The Donner Party

1992as Narrator (voice)

California Typewriter

2016as Self

The Colbert Report

2005

The Statue of Liberty

1985as Self - Historian / Narrator

American Experience

1988as Narrator (voice)

60 Minutes

1968as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self

The Words That Built America

2017as Self - Narrator (voice)

David McCullough: Painting with Words

2008as Self