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Brian Burstein

  • Producer
  • Writer
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Brian Burstein
Brian Burstein is known for The Food That Built America (2019), Roman Empire (2016) and American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    The Food That Built America (2019)
    The Food That Built America
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Aaron Jakubenko in Roman Empire (2016)
    Roman Empire
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Eryn Wilson, Tim W. Kelly, David Van Horn, Fraser Brown, Shara Connolly, Phil Brown, Emmett Skilton, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Ben Van Lier, Phil Peleton, Ian Bell, Matt Whelan, Andrew Blair, Adam Jonas Segaller, Alexandra Corin Johnston, Akira Matsumoto, Jade Albany Pietrantonio, and Holly Shervey in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
    American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Don Meehan Jr. in The Men Who Built America (2012)
    The Men Who Built America
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • The Food That Built America (2019)
      The Food That Built America
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • 2019–2026
    • The Mega-Brands That Built America (2023)
      The Mega-Brands That Built America
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023–2025
    • The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)
      The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
      7.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Fragments (2020)
      Fragments
      Short
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Aaron Jakubenko in Roman Empire (2016)
      Roman Empire
      7.1
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2018–2019
    • The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
      The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • producer (2017)
      • 2018
    • James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018)
      James Patterson's Murder Is Forever
      6.8
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2018
    • Eryn Wilson, Tim W. Kelly, David Van Horn, Fraser Brown, Shara Connolly, Phil Brown, Emmett Skilton, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Ben Van Lier, Phil Peleton, Ian Bell, Matt Whelan, Andrew Blair, Adam Jonas Segaller, Alexandra Corin Johnston, Akira Matsumoto, Jade Albany Pietrantonio, and Holly Shervey in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
      American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • story producer
      • 2017
    • The Making of the Mob (2015)
      The Making of the Mob
      7.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Jonathan C. Stewart in The American West (2016)
      The American West
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed (2016)
      NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • American Genius (2015)
      American Genius
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • The World Wars (2014)
      The World Wars
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer (2014)
      • 2014
    • Gold Fever (2013)
      Gold Fever
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Special tEd
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2013

    Writer

    • The Food That Built America (2019)
      The Food That Built America
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • head writer
      • writer
      • 2019–2026
    • Miriama Smith, Sara Wiseman, Arlo Green, Tania Nolan, Emmett Skilton, Holly Shervey, and Ana Scotney in Crackhead (2026)
      Crackhead
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyliner
      • 2026
    • The Mega-Brands That Built America (2023)
      The Mega-Brands That Built America
      7.7
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2023–2025
    • The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)
      The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • head writer
      • 2022
    • Fragments (2020)
      Fragments
      Short
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Aaron Jakubenko in Roman Empire (2016)
      Roman Empire
      7.1
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2018–2019
    • The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
      The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Eryn Wilson, Tim W. Kelly, David Van Horn, Fraser Brown, Shara Connolly, Phil Brown, Emmett Skilton, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Ben Van Lier, Phil Peleton, Ian Bell, Matt Whelan, Andrew Blair, Adam Jonas Segaller, Alexandra Corin Johnston, Akira Matsumoto, Jade Albany Pietrantonio, and Holly Shervey in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
      American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • The Making of the Mob (2015)
      The Making of the Mob
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • Writer
      • 2015–2016
    • Jonathan C. Stewart in The American West (2016)
      The American West
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed (2016)
      NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Special tEd
      Short
      • writer
      • 2013
    • The Study Lounge
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2006

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