# David Burris

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'''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''<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Burris |first=David |title=The World Made Straight |date=2015-01-09 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420166/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |others=Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly |publisher=Bifrost Pictures, Dreambridge Films, Myriad Pictures}}</ref> and wrote and directed the short film ''The Side of the Road''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Burris |first=David |title=The Side of the Road |type=Short, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431396/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |others=Jane Burris, Stephen Gevedon, Jared Harris}}</ref> He has worked as an executive producer on CBS’s [''Survivor''](/source/Survivor_(TV_series))''<ref name="Deadline 2015-01">Brooks, Brian. [https://deadline.com/2015/01/the-world-made-straight-debut-david-burriss-1201344908/ "'Survivor' Producer's Film Debut Leads Sparse Specialty Offerings For Weekend."] ''Deadline''. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.</ref>'' and as a writer on the [USA](/source/USA_Network)/[Syfy](/source/Syfy) series [''Good vs. Evil''](/source/Good_vs_Evil_(TV_series)). David Burris has also performed as a guitarist in the North Carolina bands The Veldt and Jolene.<ref name=":1" />

== Education ==

Burris attended the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) but ultimately earned his bachelor's degree from [UNC–Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) and his master's degree from [Wake Forest University](/source/Wake_Forest_University). At UNC's student television station, Burris formed a sketch comedy troupe with filmmakers [Peyton Reed](/source/Peyton_Reed) and [John Schultz](/source/John_Schultz_(director)), among others. They produced a series called ''The World of Fun'' that was influenced by [''Monty Python's Flying Circus''](/source/Monty_Python's_Flying_Circus) and ''[Second City Television](/source/Second_City_Television).''

== Career ==
=== TV work – Los Angeles (1999–present) ===

In 1999 Burris moved to Los Angeles and became a writer for the SyFy/USA series [''Good vs. Evil''](/source/Good_vs_Evil_(TV_series)) with fellow Carolinians [Jonas](/source/Jonas_Pate) and [Josh Pate](/source/Josh_Pate).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=zonker |date=2014-11-28 |title=David Burris: Telling stories |url=https://waltermagazine.com/community/people/david-burris-telling-stories/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=WALTER Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> He then worked on the CBS blockbuster series [''Survivor''](/source/Survivor_(TV_series)), initially as a supervising producer and later as an Executive Producer.<ref>Ng, Philiana. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-renewed-two-more-seasons-263107 "'Survivor' Renewed for Two More Seasons."] ''The Hollywood Reporter''. November 17, 2011. Retrieved March 22 2016.</ref>

=== 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](/source/Ron_Rash)'s award-winning [novel of the same name](/source/The_World_Made_Straight).<ref name=":2">Harvey, Dennis. [https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-the-world-made-straight-1201392382/ "Film Review: 'The World Made Straight'."] ''Variety''. January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Motsinger |first=Carol |title=WNC-shot film based on Ron Rash book to be released soon |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/carol-motsinger/2014/12/30/film-wnc-shot-released-january/21050105/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=The Asheville Citizen Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Burris' producing partners on the picture were fellow North Carolina natives Todd Labarowski of Dreambridge Films and Michael Wrenn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Copley |first=Dawn |date=2015-01-06 |title=Rash’s “The World Made Straight” becomes a very N.C.-centric film – Mountain Xpress |url=https://mountainx.com/arts/ron-rashs-the-world-made-straight-becomes-a-very-n-c-centric-film/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> Shot on location in the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, the film stars [Jeremy Irvine](/source/Jeremy_Irvine), [Noah Wyle](/source/Noah_Wyle), [Minka Kelly](/source/Minka_Kelly), [Adelaide Clemens](/source/Adelaide_Clemens), [Steve Earle](/source/Steve_Earle), and [Haley Joel Osment](/source/Haley_Joel_Osment).<ref name=":0" /> It was released theatrically in 2015 by [Millennium Entertainment.](/source/Millennium_Entertainment)<ref name=":2" />

[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) calls ''The'' ''World Made Straight'' "a coming-of-age story in which codes and vendettas loom larger than the outside world."<ref>Kenigsberg, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/movies/the-world-made-straight-adapts-a-ron-rash-novel.html "Codes and Vendettas, Frozen in Time."] ''The New York Times''. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.</ref> The film's soundtrack features a score by NC psych-folk band [Megafaun](/source/Megafaun) and songs from [Ellie Goulding](/source/Ellie_Goulding), [The Frames](/source/The_Frames), [Algia Mae Hinton](/source/Algia_Mae_Hinton), [Susan Cowsill](/source/Susan_Cowsill), [The Connells](/source/The_Connells), and [Hotel Lights](/source/Hotel_Lights).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=Set In North Carolina, 'The World Made Straight', Premieres |url=https://www.wunc.org/arts-culture/2015-01-09/set-in-north-carolina-the-world-made-straight-premieres |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=WUNC |language=en}}</ref>

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