Alan Burnett

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name = Alan Burnett

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Writer
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education = University of Florida
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Alan Burnett is a television writer-producer particularly associated with DC Comics and Walt Disney television animation. He has had a hand in virtually every DC animated project since the waning years of the "Super Friends", and continues to do so as of 2008. HIs contributions for Disney were largely a part of the 1990s "Disney Afternoon", where he was attached to the "Gummi Bears" and various projects set in the Scrooge McDuck universe. Because of his primary focus on televised animation, he has occasionally been involved in film projects related to a parent television program.

He has won four Emmys for his work in television as well as three Annie Awards, two Humanitas Awards, and an Animation Writer of the Year Award from the Writers Guild of America. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122334/awards] "imdb - Alan Burnett - Awards"]

Biography

Alan graduated in 1968 from Pompano Beach Senior High School, in Pompano Beach, Florida. He was a member of the cast of "The Mouse That Roared" as a sophomore and was on the staff of the "Oracle" as a senior.

He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida and attended USC, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in film production.

Filmography

He has worked on many television shows, from "The Smurfs" and DC animated series "Superfriends and The Super Power Team"and" ", to the "Batman Beyond" animated series and "The Batman". In addition to this, he has also written one of the segments of "" (a series of 6 animated short films bridging the gap between the movies "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight"), as writer.

Comic books

Burnett wrote "Superman/Batman" and Justice League of America storylines.

He takes over writing "The Flash" for a four-issue stint starting with #244 in September. [ [http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=10173 DCU | Comics ] ]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0122334
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=83591 New York Times Movie section on Alan Burnett]