Photo: Burnie Burns, Rooster Teeth Productions / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Born on January 18, 1973 in Rochester, New York, United States, Burnie Burns is a screenwriter, film director and film producer. That puts Burnie Burns at 53 years old in 2026. Education on record includes University of Texas at Austin. The listed height is 188 cm.
My Take
What draws me to Burnie Burns isn't the long list of titles he holds, but his instinct to build a road where none existed. Pioneering machinima and co-founding Rooster Teeth, he turned video game footage into a legitimate storytelling form long before internet creators were taken seriously. I admire entrepreneurs who treat constraints as raw material rather than limits. From Rochester to Austin, he embodies a scrappy, do-it-yourself ethos that values being interesting over being polished. That willingness to bet on an unproven medium, and to wear the writer, director, and producer hats all at once, is exactly the kind of stubborn creativity I respect.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Burnie Burns
- Name (Japanese)
- バーニー・バーンズ
- Reading
- ばーにー・ばーんず
- Born
- January 18, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Ox
- Origin
- Rochester, New York, United States
- Height
- 188 cm
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film director / film producer / voice actor / executive producer
2. Background
- University
- University of Texas at Austin
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://roosterteeth.com/user/burnie
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/burnie/
- Xhttps://x.com/burnie
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnie%20Burns
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4999775
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Burnie Burns born?
Born January 18, 1973 (age 53).
Where is Burnie Burns from?
Burnie Burns is from Rochester, New York, United States.
What does Burnie Burns do?
Burnie Burns works as screenwriter, film director, film producer, voice actor, executive producer.
How tall is Burnie Burns?
Burnie Burns is 188 cm.
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