Geoffrey Ward is the script consultant for the Daniel Burnham Film Project. A noted historian, screenwriter, and former editor of American Heritage, he has written or co-written numerous documentary film scripts often for filmmaker Ken Burns including The Civil War, Baseball, The West, and most recently, the 7-part PBS series,The War, broadcast in 2007. He is the author of thirteen books, has won the National Critics Circle Award and has been awarded four Emmy Awards for screenwriting.