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Birthday: Jan 18, 1973
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA

Burnie Burns

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
Movie Cast Year
Secret Santa Clumsy Skiing Goon 1 2013
O Brave New World Self 2011
Rooster Teeth: Best of Rooster Teeth Shorts 2013
Lazer Team Hagan 2016
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary 2014
Slash Mr. Snow 2016
Reunited Newscaster 1 2015
Red vs. Blue: Restoration Epsilon (voice) 2024
Why Him? Self 2016
Connected Himself 2016
The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey Himself 2016
The Meme Machine Himself 2016
The Tattooist Himself 2017
Unconventional Himself 2017
Lazer Team 2 Hagan 2017
Rooster Teeth Shorts - Volumes 4 & 5 2015
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2 Himself 2015
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Himself 2013
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume 1 Burnie 2009
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three Burnie 2011
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two Burnie 2010
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth Self 2018
The Next Kill Jim Convasos 2018
The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time Church / Lopez (voice) 2012
Hit Officer Harris 2015
Series Cast Year
Red vs. Blue Pvt. Leonard Church / Lopez the Heavy / Epsilon 2003
Red vs. Blue Lopez 2003
Immersion Host 2010
The Eleven Little Roosters Burnardo Burnadicci 2017
Ten Little Roosters Burnie 2014
PANICS Bravo 1 2005
iBlade Knight 2014
RT Docs Himself 2015
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self (Voice) 2011
RT Life Self 2011
RT Shorts Hagan 2009
RT Shorts Self 2009
Burnie Vlog Self 2017
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self / Self (voice) / Joel Heyman (voice) 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Himself 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self (voice) 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self (voice), Gus Sorola (voice) 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self / Gavin Free (voice) / Barbara Dunkelman (voice) / Gus Sorola (voice) / Self (voice) / Nuclear Scientist (voice) 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Self / Self (voice) / Prison Guard (voice) / Mighty Fine Worker (voice) 2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Burnie-san (voice) 2011
On the Spot Self 2014
RWBY Detective #1 (voice) 2013
RWBY Taiyang Xiao Long (voice) 2013
Million Dollars, But... Self 2015
GORQ's Quest 2018
RT Docs Self 2015
Arizona Circle 2019
@midnight with Chris Hardwick Self 2013
Crunch Time Enhanced Interrogator 2016
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