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David Burris

b. 1901

American filmmaker, television producer, writer and musician

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About David Burris

Born 1901. David Burris was a songwriter, film director and television producer.

David Burris (also credited as Dave Burris or David Allen Burris) is an American filmmaker, television producer, writer, and musician. He directed the feature film The World Made Straight and wrote and directed the short film The Side of the Road. He has worked as an executive producer on CBS’s Survivor and as a writer on the USA/Syfy series Good vs. Evil. David Burris has also performed as a guitarist in the North Carolina bands The Veldt and Jolene. He then worked on the CBS blockbuster series Survivor, initially as a supervising producer and later as an Executive Producer.

Film work (2013–present)

In 2013, Burris resumed working on feature films. He directed and produced The World Made Straight, an adaptation of Ron Rash's award-winning novel of the same name. Burris' producing partners on the picture were fellow North Carolina natives Todd Labarowski of Dreambridge Films and Michael Wrenn. Shot 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. 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, and Hotel Lights.

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Who was David Burris?

American filmmaker, television producer, writer and musician

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David Burris was born in 1901.

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David Burris was a songwriter, film director and television producer.

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