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Patrick Burns(I)

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
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Patrick Burns is known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
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    • Known for

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    7.6
    • Additional Crew
    • 1974
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    7.6
    • Production Department(as Pat Burns)
    • 1977
    Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
    Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Pat Burns)
    • 1987
    Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    7.4
    • Production Department
    • 1978

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob Mac, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2009–2018
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Sean Maguire and Jenna Mattison in The Third Wish (2005)
      The Third Wish
      4.2
      • line producer
      • 2005

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Pet Peeves
      7.3
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2009
    • America's Most Terrible Things
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2002
    • State of Grace (2001)
      State of Grace
      8.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2001
    • Bo Derek in Wind on Water (1998)
      Wind on Water
      5.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1998
    • Harvey Keitel, Bridget Fonda, and Johnathon Schaech in Finding Graceland (1998)
      Finding Graceland
      6.4
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1998
    • Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
      Thanks of a Grateful Nation
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1998
    • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
      Beverly Hills, 90210
      6.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Pat Burns)
      • 1996
    • Sam Elliott, Mary McDonnell, and Randy Quaid in Woman Undone (1996)
      Woman Undone
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1996
    • Daniel Stern in Bushwhacked (1995)
      Bushwhacked
      5.7
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1995
    • Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, and Sheila Kelley in A Passion to Kill (1994)
      A Passion to Kill
      4.8
      • first assistant director
      • 1994
    • Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, and Juliette Lewis in Kalifornia (1993)
      Kalifornia
      6.7
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1993
    • Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, and Erika Anderson in Zandalee (1991)
      Zandalee
      4.4
      • first assistant director (as Pat Burns)
      • 1991
    • Jason Robards, Christien Anholt, and Samuel West in Reunion (1989)
      Reunion
      6.9
      • first assistant director
      • 1989
    • Judd Hirsch in Dear John (1988)
      Dear John
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1988–1992
    • Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
      Planes, Trains & Automobiles
      7.6
      • assistant director: New York (as Pat Burns)
      • 1987

    Production Management

    • James Lipton in Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
      Inside the Actors Studio
      8.6
      TV Series
      • production manager
      • 2006–2009
    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob Mac, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2006
    • Sean Maguire and Jenna Mattison in The Third Wish (2005)
      The Third Wish
      4.2
      • unit production manager
      • 2005
    • My Old Man (1979)
      My Old Man
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • unit manager
      • 1979

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Patrick J. Burns
    • Relatives
      • Tommy Burns(Sibling)

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