David Burris
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David Burris (sometimes credited as Dave Burris or David Allen Burris) is an American filmmaker, television producer, writer, and musician. He directed the film The World Made Straight and directed/wrote the short film The Side of the Road. He served as executive producer on CBS's Survivor[1] and a writer on the USA/Syfy series Good vs. Evil. As a musician, he was a founding member and songwriter for the rock band Jolene and a recording and touring member of the shoegaze group The Veldt.
Education
[edit]Burris did a year of study at the University of Edinburgh but ultimately earned his bachelor's degree from UNC–Chapel Hill and his master's degree from Wake Forest University. At UNC's student television station, Burris formed a sketch comedy troupe with future filmmakers Peyton Reed and John Schultz, among others. They produced a series called The World of Fun that was heavily influenced by Monty Python's Flying Circus and Second City Television.
Career
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TV work – Los Angeles (1999–present)
[edit]In 1999 Burris moved to Los Angeles and took a job writing on the SyFy/USA series Good vs. Evil with fellow Carolinians Jonas and Josh Pate.
Burris eventually moved on to the CBS blockbuster series Survivor where he began as a supervising producer before taking on the role of showrunner as the program's Executive Producer.[2] In his time there, he created hundreds of hours of TV and filmed on location in dozens of countries around the world.
Film work (2013–present)
[edit]In 2013, Burris returned to the world of feature film. He directed and produced The World Made Straight, an adaptation of Ron Rash's award-winning novel of the same name.[3] Burris' producing partners on the picture were fellow North Carolina natives Todd Labarowski of Dreambridge Films and Michael Wrenn. Shot entirely on location in the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, the film stars Jeremy Irvine, Noah Wyle, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens, Steve Earle, and Haley Joel Osment. It was released theatrically in 2015 by Millennium Entertainment.
The New York Times calls the World Made Straight "a coming-of-age story in which codes and vendettas loom larger than the outside world."[4] The New York Post describes the film as "Southern noir with literary heft" and having "a neo-Faulknerian atmosphere of indelible sin in a story that rises above cliché..."[5] The film's soundtrack features a score by NC psych-folk band Megafaun and songs from Ellie Goulding, The Frames, Algia Mae Hinton, Susan Cowsill, The Connells, Hotel Lights and others.
References
[edit]- ^ Brooks, Brian. "'Survivor' Producer's Film Debut Leads Sparse Specialty Offerings For Weekend." Deadline. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ Ng, Philiana. "'Survivor' Renewed for Two More Seasons." The Hollywood Reporter. November 17, 2011. Retrieved March 22 2016.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis. "Film Review: 'The World Made Straight'." Variety. January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ Kenigsberg, Ben. "Codes and Vendettas, Frozen in Time." The New York Times. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ Smith, Kyle. "'The World Made Straight' Is a Grim, Southern Noir." New York Post. January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.