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Ed Burns

Screenwriter | * 01/29/1946 (78) | Baltimore (United States of America (USA))
Edward P. Burns (born January 29, 1946) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He has worked closely with writing partner David Simon. For HBO, they have collaborated on The Corner, The Wire, Generation Kill, The Plot Against America, and We Own This City. Burns is a former Baltimore police detective for the homicide and narcotics divisions, and a public school teacher. He often draws upon these experiences for his writing. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the soldiers wait to receive their orders, they learn a Rolling Stone columnist will be embedded with them ...

Generation Kill

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2008 | 3.6/5 | 7h 50min
Drama, History, War
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The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore ...

The Corner

TV-MA

2000 | 3.9/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-s ...

The Wire

TV-MA

2002 | 4.3/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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An alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who ...

The Plot Against America

TV-MA

2020 | 3.4/5 | 1h 1min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ed Burns

Writers Guild of America Awards
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Movies with Ed Burns as Actor(3)

as himself2008 Making Generation Kill
2007 The Wire: The Last Word
as Himself (uncredited)2007 The Wire Odyssey

TV Shows/Series with Ed Burns as Crew(9)

Production/Executive Producer2022 We Own This City
Writing/Writer2022 We Own This City
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Plot Against America
Writing/Teleplay2020 The Plot Against America
Creator/Creator2020 The Plot Against America
Writing/Writer2002 The Wire
Production/Producer2002 The Wire
Writing/Story2002 The Wire
Writing/Book2000 The Corner

Full Name: Ed Burns
Born: Tuesday, 01/29 1946 (January) in Baltimore (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 82 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Other names for Ed Burns (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eddy Burns"
"Edy Burns"
"Edward P. Burns"
Ed Burns frequently works together with these people:
David Simon (17x, Crew)
Nina Kostroff-Noble (7x, Crew)
George Pelecanos (5x, Crew)
Domenick Lombardozzi (5x, Actor)
Gbenga Akinnagbe (5x, Actor)
Robert F. Colesberry (5x, Crew)
Joe Chappelle (3x, Crew)
William F. Zorzi (3x, Crew)
David Mills (3x, Crew)
Jermaine Crawford (3x, Actor)
Karen L. Thorson (3x, Crew)
Katherine Jewell (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:155286, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024