Bryan Burk

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Bryan Burk
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Burk in 2021
Born (1968-12-30) December 30, 1968 (age 55)
Nationality American
Occupation(s) Film producer, television producer, actor
Years active1994–present

Bryan Burk (born December 30, 1968) is an American film and television producer.

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He is mostly known for producing movies in collaboration with J. J. Abrams, including the Star Trek reboot series, the Mission: Impossible films Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation , Star Wars: The Force Awakens , and the TV series Alias , Lost , Fringe , and Person of Interest . His only work outside of producing was co-writing the Fringe episode "There's More Than One of Everything".

Career

Born to a Jewish family, [1] Burk is a graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television in 1991. [2] He began his career working with producers Brad Weston at Columbia Pictures, Ned Tanen at Sony Pictures and John Davis at FOX. In 1995, he joined Gerber Pictures, where he developed TNT's Emmy-winning James Dean . [3]

Together with J. J. Abrams, he founded the production company Bad Robot Productions in 2001. [4] As Executive Vice President of the company, Burk serves as executive producer for all of their television and film productions.

In 2009, Burk co-wrote the story of the season one finale of Fringe, "There's More Than One of Everything", with Akiva Goldsman, while Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wyman wrote the teleplay.

He frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, and Jeff Pinkner. [1]

Filmography

Feature films

Producer

Executive producer

Television

Executive producer

YearTitleNotes
2004–2010 Lost
2005The CatchPilot
2006–2007 What About Brian
Six Degrees
2008–2013 Fringe Also writer (Episode "There's More Than One of Everything")
2009 Anatomy of Hope Pilot
2010 Undercovers
2011–2016 Person of Interest
2012 Alcatraz
ShelterPilot [7]
2012–2014 Revolution
2013–2014 Almost Human
2014 Believe
2015Dead PeoplePilot [8]
2016 11.22.63 [9]
Roadies [10]
2016–2022 Westworld [11]

Co-producer

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