Allan Burns

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Allan Burns (born May 18, 1935 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American screenwriter and television producer . With James L. Brooks he was the creator of various sitcoms , such as The Munsters , Mary Tyler Moore and its spin-off Rhoda .

Life

Burns grew up in a Jewish family in Baltimore and studied at the University of Oregon . At the beginning he tried his hand at cartoon drawing. He started as a page at NBC and then tried his hand at drawing greetings cards. From there he got into television, where he initially worked as a draftsman for Rocky and Bullwinkle . Together with Chris Hayward he then came up with The Munsters . Next up was the sitcom He & She for which he received an Emmy . He became the lead author for Mini-Max .

He then began working on Room 222 with James L. Brooks . It was followed by Mary Tyler Moore and the spin-offs Rhoda and Lou Grant . He received a total of five Emmys for Mary Tyler Moore . In 1979 he wrote the screenplay for the film I Love You - Je t'aime , for which he received an Oscar nomination.

Filmography

• 1964–1966: The Munsters
• 1965–1970: Mini-Max (Get Smart)
• 1967-1968: He and She
• 1969–1974: Room 222
• 1970–1977: Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
• 1974-1978: Rhoda
• 1979: Butch & Sundance: The Early Days
• 1979: Ich liebe dich - I Love You - Je t'aime (A Little Romance)
• 1977-1982: Lou Grant
• 1988–1991: Munster family (The Munsters Today)

Web links

• Allan Burns in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Burns, Allen. (No longer available online.) Museum of Broadcast Communications, archived from the original on January 28, 2017 ; accessed on January 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.