David McCullough
David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. 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.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.
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Movies (32)
California Typewriter
2017 · Self
The Words That Built America
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Burden of Genius
2017 · Self – Author, Historian
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole
2010 · Self
David McCullough: Painting with Words
2008 · Self
Seabiscuit: Racing Through History
2003 · Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003 · Self
Seabiscuit
2003 · Narrator
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003 · Self
Napoleon
2000 · Narrator
Rescue at Sea
1999 · Narrator
America 1900
1998 · Narrator
Truman
1997 · Self
New York Underground
1997 · Self - Host
The Wright Stuff
1996 · Self - Host
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 · Self - Host of The American Experience
Chicago 1968
1995 · Self - Host
Truman
1995 · Author
Midnight Ramble
1994 · Introduction
D-Day Remembered
1994 · Self - Narrator
The Hurricane of '38
1993 · Narrator (voice)
Ike
1993 · Narrator (voice)
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
1992 · Host
The Donner Party
1992 · Narrator (voice)
LBJ
1991 · Narrator
The Congress
1989 · Self - Writer / Narrator, Writer
The World That Moses Built
1989 · Narrator
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
1986 · Self, Writer
The Statue of Liberty
1985 · Self - Historian / Narrator
Huey Long
1985 · Narrator (voice)
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
1984 · Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn Bridge
1981 · Self - Narrator (voice), Script Consultant
TV shows (13)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 · Self - Historian
John Adams
2008 · Book
The Colbert Report
2005
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
2001 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Napoleon
2000 · Self - Narrator (voice)
New York
1999 · Self - Commentator
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
FDR
1994 · Narrator
American Experience: LBJ
1991 · Self
The Civil War
1990 · Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice), Self - Host
Smithsonian World
1984 · Self - Host
60 Minutes
1968 · Self