Scott Z. Burns
Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Z. Burns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Works
Dune: Prophecy
Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.
Release Date: 2024-11-17
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 373
Extrapolations
Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
Release Date: 2023-03-16
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 96
The Laundromat
When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
Release Date: 2019-09-27
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1229
Sea of Shadows
The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is nearing extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and the Chinese Mafia, who harvest the totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, the Mexican navy, and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multimillion-dollar business.
Release Date: 2019-09-20
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 53
The Report
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
Release Date: 2019-09-12
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1056
The Loudest Voice
The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life.
Release Date: 2019-06-30
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 113
The Last Laugh
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.
Release Date: 2019-01-11
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Vote Count: 176
The View from Here
As we approach death, each of us encounters a unique set of experiences and impressions-the sum of our time spent and our choices. It has been said that death is like a wall; as we near the wall, our instinct is to turn and face the past. Through a series of interviews with terminally ill men and women, The View From Here is an exploration of how life looks after a terminal diagnosis and before a final breath- an unflinching attempt to undo the taboos that keep us afraid and alone at the end.
Release Date: 2018-12-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 5
Eli Roth's History of Horror
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
Release Date: 2018-10-14
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 43
The Mercy
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
Release Date: 2018-02-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 283
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.
Release Date: 2017-07-28
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 166
Approaching the Unknown
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Release Date: 2016-06-03
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Vote Count: 315
Last Days
A short animated documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations due to the illegal ivory trade.
Release Date: 2014-12-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 8
Sex Scientists
Two female bartenders test out the age old theory that all women can have sex whenever (and wherever) they want.
Release Date: 2013-12-10
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Side Effects
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Release Date: 2013-02-07
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 3130
Contagion
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Release Date: 2011-09-08
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 6186
Notes on Lying
A cautionary tale of lying. A curious thing happens to a man when lying, cheating words come out of his mouth.
Release Date: 2010-06-23
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
The Informant!
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Release Date: 2009-09-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 913
Food, Inc.
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.
Release Date: 2008-09-07
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Vote Count: 608
What We Take from Each Other
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses everything. Girl doesn't do so well either.
Release Date: 2008-06-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Don't I Know You?
In Los Angeles, true love is hard to find. When two lost souls find each other in the self-help section of a bookstore, they discover they have a lot more in common than their loneliness.
Release Date: 2008-05-08
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Californication
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
Release Date: 2007-08-13
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1162
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Release Date: 2007-08-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 7837
Pu-239
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Release Date: 2006-09-12
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 65
An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Release Date: 2006-05-24
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 892
The Mission
An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from the guerrila group in the Colombian jungle.
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Fake!
The true-life story of Jen McAdam and her involvement with the OneCoin Ponzi scheme.
Department: Production
Job: Producer
American Psycho
A new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's influential novel 'American Psycho'. It aims to reimagine Patrick Bateman in the fast-paced modern era.
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Thumblite
Set in Silicon Valley, the series examines schemes, rivalries, visions and obsessions of the power brokers and their underlings as they vie for control of the most powerful industry the world has ever known.
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 1
Wonderland
Focuses on the daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients.
Release Date: 2000-03-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1