Bryan Burk is an American film and television producer.
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,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 |"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci” Burk is a graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television in 1991. 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.
Together with J. J. Abrams, he founded the production company Bad Robot Productions in 2001. 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.
Filmography
Feature films Producer
Cloverfield (2008) Morning Glory (2010) Super 8 (2011) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Executive producer
Star Trek (2009) Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
Television Executive producer Year Title Notes 2004–2010 Lost 2005 The Catch Pilot 2006–2007 What About Brian Six Degrees 2008–2013 Fringe Also story writer (Episode "There's More Than One of Everything") 2009 Anatomy of Hope Pilot 2010 Undercovers 2011–2016 Person of Interest2012 Alcatraz Shelter Pilot 2012–2014 Revolution 2013–2014Almost Human 2014 Believe 2015 Dead People Pilot201611.22.63 Roadies 2016–2022 Westworld
Co-producer Alias (2001–2006)
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