Brendan Burns

Biography

Producer/Screenwriter/Actor has worked extensively in film, television and the theater, opposite such luminaries as Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, Marisa Tomei, Kathleen Quinlan and Stephen Hopkins to name a few. Paramount Pictures optioned Burns original screenplay, "VTV" with William Sackheim producing and Burns receiving the rewriting assignment. Burns developed "The Atomic Veteran", a MOW based on the original play for Jaffe/Braunstein Films. Mr. Burns' original screenplay, "Devil Jocks" was optioned by James Keach and Emerald Eyes Productions with Burns executive producing. His story and treatment "Hidden Valor" - "Women of the SOE", was first optioned by the producing team of Sanford/Pillsbury. As a stage producer, Brendan, through special arrangement with Joseph Papp, moved the Lincoln Center Production of Michael Dorn Moody's Obie Award-winning play, "The Shortchanged Review" to the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles for its West Coast premiere. The production received wide acclaim from LA critics and went on to win eleven awards ranging from production design, performance, to two Best Production awards for Burns. Brendan was company manager and later co-producer of Arthur Miller's, "After the Fall" by special arrangement with Mr. Miller himself. Victor French and Julie Cobb headed the cast with Harris Yulin directing. The production received a host of honors including the LA Drama Critics Circle Best Actress award for Ms. Cobb and a nomination for Best Production of the Year. Brendan produced and directed the premiere of "Time Will Tell", written by Bart Burns & Timothy C. Burns at the Company of Angels Theatre. The show opened to rave reviews and garnered numerous awards. scottburnsproductions