Dominic Burns

Dominic Burns
Dominic Burns at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, 2013
Born	Dominic Alexander Burns (1970-12-30) 30 December 1970 (age 54) Derby, Derbyshire, England
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active	2007 – present
Known for	How to Stop Being a Loser, Airborne, UFO [1]
Notable work	CUT, Jack Falls, Allies.
Website	hawthornproductions.co.uk

Dominic Burns (born 30 December 1970) is an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. After starting as an actor, Burns then moved into directing where he has made his name. When making such films as Airborne and UFO he frequently shoots his films in Derbyshire, ^{[2] [3]} his home county.

Early life

Burns was born in Derby ^[2] and attended Ecclesbourne School in Duffield, Derbyshire, England. ^[4] He then moved into the film industry in 2006.

Career

Burns was established as an actor in 2006 when he featured in a local Derby production, ^[5] Sam Lennox's The Buck Rules ^[6] where he was also the Associate Producer. He continued as an actor, with numerous roles including Jack Said, part of a trilogy, of which Burns went on to direct one.

Burns was launched as a director/producer by delivering the world's first single continuous-shot horror movie ^[7] CUT. This was the first film that Burns directed, wrote, produced and acted in. CUT started Burns's fascination with the "Long Shot" which has become a style uses in most of his films.

Burns has also produced another British independent film in 2014, Devil's Tower which stars Jason Mewes & Roxanne Pallett, which was directed by Owen Tooth.

Most recently Burns produced and directed the WWII action drama Allies .

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Functioned as					Notes
		Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Actor	Role
2006	The Buck Rules	No	No	Yes	Yes	Ronald	Associate Producer
2009	Jack Said	No	No	No	Yes	Yianni
2009	Homemade Vigilante	No	No	No	Yes	Geoff
2010	CUT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Michael	As Alexander Williams
2011	Jack Falls	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Hitman	As Alexander Williams
2011	The Reverend	No	No	No	Yes	Big Bazza
2011	Kill Keith	No	No	No	Yes	Director	Cameo
2011	How to Stop Being a Loser	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Neil
2012	Strippers vs Werewolves	No	No	No	Yes	Alex
2012	Cockneys vs Zombies	No	No	No	Yes	Bus Hit Zombie 2
2012	UFO	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Peter
2012	The Nightclub Days	No	No	No	Yes	Andy
2012	Airborne	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Bob
2012	Devil's Tower	No	No	Yes	No
2014	Allies	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Madness in the Method	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Detective Wayne Arnold's Partner
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	No	No	Yes	No
TBA	Lioness	No	Yes	No	No		Filming

TV

Year	TV	Functioned as					Notes
		Director	screenWriter	Producer	Actor	Role
2008	Fur TV	No	No	No	Yes	Till Jockey	Episode: Merverella
2012	Dann Firestorm: I Am Film	No	No	No	Yes		Uncredited

References

1. Severn, J. "Director Dominic Burns brings stars to speak at Quad about new film Allies". Derbytelegraph.co.uk . Local World. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. "Director Dominic Burns' 'joyous experience' of filming in Derbyshire". ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk. Local World. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
3. "Jean-Claude Van Damme to shoot UFO film in Derby". BBC News. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. Peddy, Chris. "DIRECTOR'S PRIDE". derbytelegraph.co.uk. Local World. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
5. "The Buck Rules". film.britishcouncil.org. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
6. "The Buck Rules". The Guardian. Guardian News. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
7. Daniels, Jack. "Focus On: Cut". gorepress.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

• Dominic Burns at IMDb