Burnie Burns
- Acting
- January 18, 1973 · Rochester, New York, USA
Biography
Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an filmmaker, actor, writer, and director from Austin, Texas. His most notable contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live-action. In April 2003, Burns, along with several of his friends, created the Internet machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles. Filmed using the video games Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach. Red vs. Blue was quickly acclaimed for its humor and originality, eventually elevating Burns to the status of an Internet celebrity. Such visibility allowed him to create one of the few successful machinima film-houses in the industry, Rooster Teeth Productions. Burns even attracted the attention of video game giant Electronic Arts, who asked him to create a promotional series using their new game, The Sims 2. The result, The Strangerhood, has received mixed reviews. Burns also premiered P.A.N.I.C.S., a mini-series that utilizes the F.E.A.R. game engine. He has appeared at several film festivals, including Sundance and The Sydney Film Festival. He currently lives in Scotland, United Kingdom, with his wife (Ashley Burns), son, and daughter.
Known for
Filmography
- Red vs. Blue: Restoration · Epsilon (Voice), Writer
- RWBY: Fairy Tales · Taiyang Xiao Long (Voice)
- Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom · Executive producer
- Transformers: War for Cybertron: Earthrise · Executive producer
- Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege · Executive producer
- A Heist with Markiplier · Executive producer
- Arizona Circle · Executive producer
- gen:LOCK · Executive producer
- GORQ's Quest
- Common Ground · Executive producer
- Blood Fest · Executive producer
- The Next Kill · Jim Convasos
- Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth · Self, Executive producer
- Nomad of Nowhere · Executive producer
- Becoming Jessica Nigri · Executive producer
- Lazer Team 2 · Hagan, Screenplay
- Unconventional · Self, Executive producer
- Haus of Pain · Executive producer
- The Tattooist · Self, Executive producer
- Sex Swing · Executive producer
- Burnie Vlog · Self, Camera Operator
- The Eleven Little Roosters · Burnardo Burnadicci
- Why Him? · Self
- The Meme Machine · Self, Executive producer
- Fan Service · Executive producer
- Crunch Time · Enhanced Interrogator
- The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey · Self, Executive producer
- Connected · Self, Executive producer
- Slash · Mr. Snow
- Lazer Team · Hagan, Screenplay
- Hit · Officer Harris, Executive producer
- Reunited · Newscaster 1
- RT Docs · Self, Executive producer
- Let's Play Live: The Documentary · Executive producer
- Million Dollars, But... · Self
- Rooster Teeth Shorts - Volumes 4 & 5 · Executive producer, Writer
- The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2 · Self, Executive producer
- X-Ray and Vav · Executive producer
- On the Spot · Self, Executive producer
- Ten Little Roosters · Burnie
- Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
- iBlade · Knight, Producer
- Secret Santa · Clumsy Skiing Goon 1
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Rooster Teeth: Best of Rooster Teeth Shorts · Writer
- RWBY · Detective #1 (Voice), Taiyang Xiao Long (Voice)
- The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures · Self, Producer
- Minecraft: The Story of Mojang · Executive producer
- Trocadero: When We're Together · Executive producer
- The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time · Church / Lopez (Voice), Writer
- Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three · Burnie, Producer
- Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures · Self, Self / Self (voice) / Joel Heyman (Voice)
- RT Life · Self, Camera Operator
- O Brave New World · Self
- Immersion · Host, Producer
- Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two · Burnie, Writer
- Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume 1 · Burnie
- RT Shorts · Hagan, Self
- Code Monkeys · Blue Guard (Voice)
- PANICS · Bravo 1
- Red Vs Blue Blood Gulch Chronicles I · Writer, Director
- Red vs. Blue · Pvt. Leonard Church / Lopez the Heavy / Epsilon, Lopez
- The Schedule · Director, Writer
- Rooster Teeth Podcast
- Bad Toys · Executive producer