David Burris (sometimes 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 (Millennium
Entertainment) and the short film The Side of the Road, which he also
wrote. He was the executive producer on CBS's Survivor and a writer on
the USA/SyFy series Good vs. Evil. As a musician, he was a founding
member and songwriter for Sire/Warner recording artists Jolene and a
recording and touring member of Mercury/Polygram recording artists The
Veldt.Burris was born in Durham, raised in Raleigh and educated in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His father, Craven Allen Burris was the
dean of Raleigh's Meredith College and traveled overseas often for
academic programs. David accompanied him on these sojourns, spending
considerable chunks of his childhood in London while also traveling
across the UK and Europe. His mother, Jane Russell Burris, was a high
school librarian and instilled in him a deep love of literature and
storytelling from an early age.Burris did a year of study at the
University of Edinburgh but ultimately took his bachelor's degree from
UNCâ€"Chapel Hill and his master's degree from Wake Forest University.
At UNC's student television station Burris formed a sketch comedy
troupe with future filmmakers Peyton Reed and John Schultz, among
others. They produced a series called The World of Fun that was
heavily influenced by Monty Python's Flying Circus and Second City
Television.Burris moved to New York after college where he worked on a
number of films for such NY indie-film scene notables as Abel Ferrara,
Jim Jarmusch, and Paul Auster. In 1992 he produced the short film
Howard Black starring John C. Reilly, followed by The Side of the Road
in 1994, starring Jared Harris and Stephen Gevedon.
is an American filmmaker, television producer, writer and musician. He
directed the feature film The World Made Straight (Millennium
Entertainment) and the short film The Side of the Road, which he also
wrote. He was the executive producer on CBS's Survivor and a writer on
the USA/SyFy series Good vs. Evil. As a musician, he was a founding
member and songwriter for Sire/Warner recording artists Jolene and a
recording and touring member of Mercury/Polygram recording artists The
Veldt.Burris was born in Durham, raised in Raleigh and educated in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His father, Craven Allen Burris was the
dean of Raleigh's Meredith College and traveled overseas often for
academic programs. David accompanied him on these sojourns, spending
considerable chunks of his childhood in London while also traveling
across the UK and Europe. His mother, Jane Russell Burris, was a high
school librarian and instilled in him a deep love of literature and
storytelling from an early age.Burris did a year of study at the
University of Edinburgh but ultimately took his bachelor's degree from
UNCâ€"Chapel Hill and his master's degree from Wake Forest University.
At UNC's student television station Burris formed a sketch comedy
troupe with future filmmakers Peyton Reed and John Schultz, among
others. They produced a series called The World of Fun that was
heavily influenced by Monty Python's Flying Circus and Second City
Television.Burris moved to New York after college where he worked on a
number of films for such NY indie-film scene notables as Abel Ferrara,
Jim Jarmusch, and Paul Auster. In 1992 he produced the short film
Howard Black starring John C. Reilly, followed by The Side of the Road
in 1994, starring Jared Harris and Stephen Gevedon.
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