# Ron Burch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Burch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Burch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Burch > Source revision: 1342993579 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Notability|Bio|date=January 2024}}{{short description|American writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Ron Burch''' is an American writer of television, film, plays, short fiction and novels. His movies include ''[Head over Heels](/source/Head_over_Heels_(2001_film))'', ''[Yours, Mine and Ours](/source/Yours%2C_Mine_and_Ours_(2005_film))'' and ''[Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(film))''. He was the executive producer/showrunner (along with David Kidd) of the [DreamWorks Animation](/source/DreamWorks_Animation) TV show ''[Dinotrux](/source/Dinotrux)''. He and Kidd wrote the second, third, and fourth seasons of "[Marvel Super Hero Adventures](/source/Marvel_Super_Hero_Adventures)". == Early life == Ron Burch was born in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio). His family later moved to [Sunbury, Ohio](/source/Sunbury%2C_Ohio). He attended [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University), [Antioch University Los Angeles](/source/Antioch_University_Los_Angeles), and the [Institute for Advanced Theater Training](/source/Institute_for_Advanced_Theater_Training) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} == Hollywood == While living in New York City, Burch and his writing partner, David Kidd, began writing together. They relocated to Los Angeles, where they worked as Staff Writers on the [Tom Selleck](/source/Tom_Selleck) sitcom ''The Closer'' for [CBS](/source/CBS).{{cite web|title=Author Page|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120816/|website=IMDB Pro|accessdate=22 December 2014}} In 1998, they, along with composer Ed Alton, were nominated for an [Emmy](/source/Emmy) for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song "You Don't Know Jack."{{Cite web |title=Ron Burch |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/ron-burch |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Television Academy |language=en}} In the 2000s, the duo began working in film and received screen credit on ''[Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(2017_film)), [Head Over Heels](/source/Head_over_Heels_(2001_film))'' and [''Yours, Mine and Ours''](/source/Yours%2C_Mine_and_Ours_(2005_film)). He then worked as an executive producer on [DreamWorks Animation's](/source/DreamWorks_Animation) ''[Dinotrux](/source/Dinotrux)''. In addition to Ferdinand being nominated for an Academy Award, the Annie Award, the Golden Globe Award and several others, Burch, along with his co-writers, won the "Humanitas Award" for "Feature--Family."{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} == Fiction == Burch was nominated for a [Pushcart Prize](/source/Pushcart_Prize) for his story "The Flower Pot" in [Juked](/source/Juked), Issue 6, February 1, 2009.{{cite web |title=Issue Page |url=http://www.juked.com/ |url-status=dead |accessdate=22 December 2014 |website=Juked |publisher=J.W. Wang |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222190137/http://www.juked.com/ }} His novel, ''BLISS INC'', was published by BlazeVox Books in 2010.{{cite web |title=Book Page |url=http://www.blazevox.org/index.php/Shop/fiction/bliss-inc.-by-ron-burch-22/ |accessdate=22 December 2014 |website=[BlazeVox Books](/source/BlazeVox_Books) |publisher=Geoffrey Gatza |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222042054/http://www.blazevox.org/index.php/Shop/fiction/bliss-inc.-by-ron-burch-22/ |url-status=dead }} His story "I Need" appeared in the anthology ''TOO MUCH: Tales of Excess'' (Chuck Howe and Bud Smith, editors){{cite book|title=Book page|isbn=978-1500216771 |last1=Howe |first1=Chuck |date=August 2014 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }} == Plays == Burch's 10-minute plays, "The Baby," "The Origin of Lewis Hackett," and "Polly," were named Best 10-Minute Play in 2011, 2014, and 2015, respectively.{{cite web |title=Author Page |url=http://www.smithandkraus.com/htdocs/store.php?b=1575257823 |accessdate=22 December 2014 |website=Smith & Kraus Books |publisher=Smith & Kraus |archive-date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307124541/http://www.smithandkraus.com/htdocs/store.php?b=1575257823 |url-status=dead }} His 10-minute play, "Romeo and Jules," appears in the Best of Playground 2013: Los Angeles.{{cite web |title=Best of Playground |url=http://playground-sf.org/publications.shtml |accessdate=22 December 2014 |website=Playground LA |publisher=Jim Kleinmann |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222040919/http://playground-sf.org/publications.shtml |url-status=dead }} == References == {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burch, Ron}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:20th-century American novelists Category:21st-century American novelists Category:American male novelists Category:American male screenwriters Category:Animation screenwriters Category:American showrunners Category:American television writers Category:DreamWorks Animation people Category:Television producers from Ohio Category:Ohio State University alumni Category:Writers from Columbus, Ohio Category:American male television writers Category:American male dramatists and playwrights Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Category:Institute for Advanced Theater Training, Harvard University alumni Category:20th-century American male writers Category:21st-century American male writers Category:Novelists from Ohio Category:People from Sunbury, Ohio Category:Screenwriters from Ohio --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ron Burch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Burch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Burch?action=history)). 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