Kevin Burns

Kevin Burns born June 18, 1955 is an American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter. His work can be seen on AampE, National Geographic Channel, E, Animal Planet, AMC, Bravo, WE tv, Travel Channel, Lifetime, and The History Channel.

While at Fox, Burns cofounded Foxstar Productions, the production unit responsible for creating a series of Alien Nation movies for television. In 1994, while serving as Senior VP of Foxstar, Burns founded Van Ness Films, a nonfiction and documentary production unit. That same year, he met Jon Jashni, a Fox film executive who shared Burns interest in the works of legendary Hollywood producer, Irwin Allen.In 1999, Burns officially transitioned from his role as a studio executive to that of a fulltime producer. While still under a production deal at Fox Television Studios, Burns and Jon Jashni formed Synthesis Entertainment and began developing and producing remakes and sequels of the Allen properties, most notably a Fox Television pilot for an updated version of The Time Tunnel 2002 and the feature film versions of Poseidon 2006 and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. ........

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