Brian Burns (screenwriter)
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Brian Burns is an American screenwriter and producer.
Career
After graduating from college, Burns moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue a career in political journalism. He served as a copy writer and Segment Producer while covering Capitol Hill and the Clinton White House for The Fox Morning News at the Washington, D.C., affiliate WTTG. Burns then wrote and produced the popular political roundtable discussion, Off the Record, which aired as part of The Fox Morning News.
Burns then returned to New York City, where he made the transition from political journalism to Hollywood screenwriter. Along with his brother, he created That's Life and The Fighting Fitzgeralds,{{Cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2001-03-06-fighting-fitzgeralds.htm|title='Fighting Fitzgeralds' loses battle|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}} which starred Brian Dennehy and Connie Britton.
In 2002, Brian wrote and directed You Stupid Man, starring David Krumholtz, Milla Jovovich, William Baldwin, and Denise Richards.{{cite web|last=Schieb|first=Ronnie|title=You Stupid Man|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/you-stupid-man-1200544906/|work=Variety|date=|access-date=September 18, 2023}}
Burns spent the next several years in Los Angeles while serving as a writer and Supervising Producer on the HBO hit series Entourage,{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162300741.html|title=Entourage.(Television program review) - Daily Variety | HighBeam Research|date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106095953/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162300741.html |archive-date=2012-11-06 }} for which he wrote several episodes, including the fan favorite, "Return of the King", colloquially known as "The Yom Kippur Episode". Burns received two Emmy nominations {{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/brian-burns|title=Brian Burns|website=Television Academy}} and multiple Writers Guild of America Award{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id%3D2653 |title=2008 tv and radio nominees announced |accessdate=2007-12-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219203806/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2653 |archivedate=2007-12-19 }} nominations for his work on Entourage.
He then returned to New York to serve as Executive Producer of the popular CBS police procedural Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck. Burns has been with show since its inception, has written over 30 episodes, and was nominated for the prestigious Humanitas Award[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120719005293/en/Finalists-Announced-38th-Annual-HUMANITAS-Prize-Honoring#.VcLX4ni4lsM Finalists Announced for 38th Annual HUMANITAS Prize Honoring Great Television and Film Writing | Business Wire] for his Blue Bloods episode titled "The Job", that centered on the events of 9/11.
In 2015 he sold a script for a police procedural titled "The 40-Year-Old Rookie" to CBS, which did not end up being produced.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2015-10-26 |title=CBS Picks Up ’40-Year-Old Rookie’ Script From Brian Burns (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/brian-burns-40-year-old-rookie-cbs-1201626618/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Burns wrote Daddy's Home (2015), a Paramount Pictures comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The film was said to be loosely based on Burns's experience upon becoming a stepfather.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Burns wrote The Fight Before Christmas - a comedic screenplay - which is being produced by Matt Alvarez and Broad Green Pictures.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/holiday-comedy-fight-before-christmas-876517|title=Holiday Comedy 'The Fight Before Christmas' Lands at Broad Green|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-05-18|language=en}}
Personal life
Brian Burns and Edward Burns are brothers.{{cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=CBS Picks Up ’40-Year-Old Rookie’ Script From Brian Burns (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/brian-burns-40-year-old-rookie-cbs-1201626618/|work=Variety|date=October 26, 2015|access-date=September 18, 2023}} They are each married to a Turlington sister. Brian is married to Kelly Turlington Burns. His brother is married to supermodel Christy Turlington Burns.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0122602|Brian Burns}}
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Category:People from Valley Stream, New York
Category:American male screenwriters
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Category:George W. Hewlett High School alumni