Burnie Burns
Known for: Acting
Born: January 18, 1973
Place of birth: 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-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.
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Filmography
35 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
6.2
Red vs. Blue: Restoration
2024
10.0
RWBY: Fairy Tales
2021
7.7
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom
2021
7.8
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Earthrise
2020
7.5
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege
2020
7.5
A Heist with Markiplier
2019
8.0
Arizona Circle
2019
7.0
gen:LOCK
2019
NR
GORQ's Quest
2018
NR
Common Ground
2018
5.3
Blood Fest
2018
NR
The Next Kill
2018
8.6
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
2018
6.3
Nomad of Nowhere
2018
6.5
Becoming Jessica Nigri
2018
5.8
Lazer Team 2
2017
8.0
Unconventional
2017
6.5
Haus of Pain
2017
6.0
The Tattooist
2017
NR
Sex Swing
2017
NR
Burnie Vlog
2017
6.0
The Eleven Little Roosters
2017
6.4
Why Him?
2016
6.0
The Meme Machine
2016
6.0
Fan Service
2016
5.3
Crunch Time
2016
6.7
The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey
2016
7.5
Connected
2016
5.8
Slash
2016
5.5
Lazer Team
2016
8.0
Hit
2015NR
Reunited
2015
5.0
RT Docs
2015
8.2
Let's Play Live: The Documentary
2015
5.3
Million Dollars, But...
2015
8.7
Rooster Teeth Shorts - Volumes 4 & 5
2015
8.0
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2
2015
6.3
X-Ray and Vav
2014
5.7
On the Spot
2014
9.3
Ten Little Roosters
2014
8.3
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
20148.0
iBlade
2014
NR
Secret Santa
2013
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
20134.2
Rooster Teeth: Best of Rooster Teeth Shorts
2013
7.8
RWBY
2013
9.0
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
2013
7.2
Minecraft: The Story of Mojang
2012
NR
Trocadero: When We're Together
2012
8.3
The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time
2012
8.5
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three
2011
7.0
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
2011
3.0
RT Life
2011
2.0
O Brave New World
2011
8.8
Immersion
2010
8.0
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
2010
8.5
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume 1
2009
1.0
RT Shorts
2009
7.2
Code Monkeys
2007
NR
PANICS
2005
NR
Red Vs Blue Blood Gulch Chronicles I
2003
7.6
Red vs. Blue
200310.0
The Schedule
1997
8.0
Rooster Teeth Podcast
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