Burnie Burns

Biography

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.

Most Known For

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

as Self

RWBY

as Detective #1 (voice)

RWBY

as Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)

Red vs. Blue

as Pvt. Leonard Church / Lopez the Heavy / Epsilon

Red vs. Blue

as Lopez

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Self (Voice)

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Self / Self (voice) / Joel Heyman (voice)

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Self (voice)

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Himself

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Burnie-san (voice)

RT Life

as Self

On the Spot

as Self

Why Him?

as Self

Code Monkeys

as Blue Guard (voice)

RT Docs

as Himself

RT Docs

as Self

RT Shorts

as Hagan

RT Shorts

as Self

Crunch Time

as Enhanced Interrogator

Ten Little Roosters

as Burnie