Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns was born on January 18,1973 and is an American writer, actor, producer, comedian, host, and director previously based in Austin, Texas.
38 Facts About Burnie Burns
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Burnie Burns is a co-founder, former chief executive officer, and former chief creative officer of Rooster Teeth.
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Burnie Burns is noted for his contributions in machinima, a form of film-making that uses video game technology in its production, and works with animation and live action.
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Burnie Burns's success allowed him to co-found the production company Rooster Teeth.
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In 2016, Burnie Burns starred in the science fiction comedy film Lazer Team and its sequel the following year, both of which he co-wrote.
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Burnie Burns was named one of the "Top 25 Digital Stars" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2015.
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Burnie Burns was born in the Rochester, New York area and grew up in Houston, Texas.
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Burnie Burns's father was a physics professor who worked on the Desertron Super Collider.
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The nickname "Burnie Burns" was given to him by an Alief Elsik High School senior to separate him from the many Michaels in his class.
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Burnie Burns went on to become the president of the tech support company teleNetwork Partners, and eventually broke out to form his independent company Rooster Teeth.
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Burnie Burns became frustrated with the difficult distribution process and the film only screened in a few festivals.
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Heyman and Hullum went to Los Angeles, while Burnie Burns accepted a position at a local tech support company.
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In June 2002, Burnie Burns teamed up with his colleagues to create their first viral video, a Mac Gamer Switch parody.
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Burnie Burns joined Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola in one of their many Internet ventures, drunkgamers.
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Burnie Burns has said that this discussion was "the spark for the whole series".
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Ramsey granted permission, but he and Burnie Burns felt that they needed a website to take advantage of the exposure from Computer Gaming World.
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Burnie Burns founded the production company Rooster Teeth to produce the show with Sorola, Ramsey, Matt Hullum and Joel Heyman.
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Burnie Burns initially envisioned Red vs Blue to be short, but the series grew beyond his expectations.
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Later in season 1, Burnie Burns estimated a series of 22 episodes; however, driven by the series' popularity, he realized that there was more potential story than could be covered in that length, and was able to conceive an extension of the season 1 plot.
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Since season eleven, which premiered on June 14,2013, Burnie Burns handed directorial and head writing duties to Miles Luna to shift his focus onto other projects.
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Burnie Burns still provides voice work for characters such as Church, Lopez and Vic.
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Burnie Burns first returned to live-action with Captain Dynamic a mini-series to promote the online game City of Heroes.
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On December 29,2008 Burnie Burns co-hosted the inaugural episode of the Drunk Tank audio podcast, alongside his Rooster Teeth co-workers Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola.
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Burnie Burns joked in The Rooster Teeth Podcast that the series started as an "elaborate way for [them] to do fun stuff and get paid for it".
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Burnie Burns's producing work includes executive producing the 2012 documentary film Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, about the Swedish video game developer Mojang, the creators of the popular video game Minecraft.
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In 2014, Burnie Burns served as executive producer on the show X-Ray and Vav, a cartoon web series starring two Achievement Hunter employees Gavin Free and Ray Narvaez, Jr.
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Burnie Burns explained during the campaign that as it makes more money, the film's budget scales up.
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Burnie Burns appeared in the 2015 short film, Hit, as Officer Harris and the sports comedy-drama The Outfield.
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Burnie Burns appeared in the YouTube Red series 12 Deadly Days from Blumhouse Television.
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Burnie Burns has participated in two episodes of the improvisational comedy game show @midnight.
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In 2015, Burnie Burns took part in twenty-eighth season of The Amazing Race with his then-fiancee, Ashley Jenkins, coming in fourth place.
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In 2017, Burnie Burns made a brief cameo in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a bar patron with no lines.
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Burnie Burns married Jordan Burns in August 2000 and divorced in December 2011.
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Burnie Burns became engaged to The Know host Ashley Jenkins in early 2016.
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Burnie Burns mainly resided in Austin, Texas, after briefly spending time in Los Angeles, California.
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When Burnie Burns announced his resignation from Rooster Teeth on June 11,2020, he announced he was moving away from the United States.
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Burnie Burns has since moved away from public life and has kept his family's current location private.
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Burnie Burns is a member of the International Academy of Web Television.