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Burnie Burns
Rochester, New York, USA
Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an independent filmmaker living in Texas. His most notable contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live…
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Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an independent filmmaker living in 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 Austin, Texas with his wife and two sons.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2024
Red vs. Blue: Restoration
Movie Epsilon (voice)
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2021
RWBY: Fairy Tales
TV show Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)
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2021
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Earthrise
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
A Heist with Markiplier
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Arizona Circle
TV show
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2019
gen:LOCK
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
GORQ's Quest
TV show
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2018
Common Ground
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Blood Fest
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
The Next Kill
Movie Jim Convasos
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2018
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
Movie Self
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2018
Nomad of Nowhere
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Becoming Jessica Nigri
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Lazer Team 2
Movie Hagan
More credits
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2017
Unconventional
Movie Himself
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2017
Haus of Pain
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
The Tattooist
Movie Himself
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2017
Sex Swing
TV show Executive Producer
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2017
Burnie Vlog
TV show Self
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2017
The Eleven Little Roosters
TV show Burnardo Burnadicci
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2016
Why Him?
Movie Self
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2016
The Meme Machine
Movie Himself
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2016
Fan Service
TV show Executive Producer
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2016
Crunch Time
TV show Enhanced Interrogator
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2016
The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey
Movie Himself
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2016
Connected
Movie Himself
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2016
Slash
Movie Mr. Snow
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2016
Lazer Team
Movie Hagan
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2015
Hit
Movie Officer Harris
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2015
Reunited
Movie Newscaster 1
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2015
RT Docs
TV show Himself
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2015
Let's Play Live: The Documentary
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
Million Dollars, But...
TV show Self
- 2015
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2015
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2
Movie Himself
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2014
X-Ray and Vav
TV show Executive Producer
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2014
On the Spot
TV show Self
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2014
Ten Little Roosters
TV show Burnie
