Burnie Burns

Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an independent filmmaker living in Austin, Texas, as well as a co-founder of Rooster Teeth Productions. His most notable contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live-action. Burnie served as co-writer and starred in Rooster Teeth's first full-length film, Lazer Team.

Overview
In April 2003, Burns, along with several of his friends: Gustavo Sorola, Geoff Ramsey, Matt Hullum, Jason Saldaña, and Joel Heyman, created the internet machinima series Red vs. Blue, filmed using the Xbox video game Halo: Combat Evolved. Red vs. Blue was quickly acclaimed for its humor and originality, eventually elevating Burns to the status of an Internet celebrity, visibility that allowed him to create one of the few successful machinima film-houses in the industry: Rooster Teeth Productions. Burns even attracted the attention of video game giant Electronic Arts, who asked him to create a promotional series using their new game, The Sims 2. The result, The Strangerhood, has received mixed reviews. Burns also released P.A.N.I.C.S., a mini-series that utilizes the F.E.A.R. game engine. He has appeared at several film festivals, including Sundance. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, having divorced from his wife Jordan Burns in 2011.

Rooster Teeth Productions
After the first season of Red vs. Blue, Burns, voicing the character of Church, became an instant celebrity in the machinima community. As the director, writer, and lead actor of the series, Burns is sharing the fame of being the star of Red vs. Blue, but is also the driving force behind the series. His series earned three awards at the 2003 Machinima Film Festival — Best Picture, Best Writing, and Best Independent Machinima Film — and was nominated for three others. The series is still ongoing and completed its thirteenth season on September 7, 2015.

Burnie's Xbox Live account is burnieburns.