Name Ron Burch Role Television writer | Movies Yours, Mine & Ours Books Bliss Inc | |
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Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Similar People Bob Carroll - Jr, Madelyn Pugh, Melville Shavelson, Raja Gosnell, Robert Simonds | ||
Ron Burch is an American writer whose work spans television, film, plays, short fiction and novels. His movies include "Head over Heels" and "Yours, Mine and Ours." He is the executive producer/showrunner (along with David Kidd) of the DreamWorks Animation TV show "Dinotrux."
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Early life
Ron Burch was born in Columbus, Ohio. His family later moved to Sunbury, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University and Harvard University.
Hollywood
While living in New York City, Ron and his writing partner, David Kidd, began writing together. They relocated to Los Angeles, where they worked as Staff Writers on the Tom Selleck sitcom "The Closer" for CBS. In 1998, they, along with composer Ed Alton, were nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song "You Don't Know Jack." After that show, they transitioned to film where they worked uncredited on a number of movies and received screen credit on two of them: "Head Over Heels" and "Yours, Mine and Ours." He currently is Executive Producer on DreamWorks Animation TV's "Dinotrux."
Fiction
Ron's fiction has appeared in a number of literary journals and anthologies. He's been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his story "The Flower Pot" in Juked, Issue 6, February 1, 2009. His experimental novel, BLISS INC, was published by BlazeVox Books in 2010. His story "I Need" appeared in the anthology TOO MUCH: Tales of Excess (Chuck Howe and Bud Smith, editors)
Plays
Ron is also an award-winning playwright. His plays have been developed and produced by a variety of theatres in the US and internationally. His 10-minute play, "The Baby," is in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2011 (Smith and Kraus) and his 10-minute play, "The Origin of Lewis Hackett," is in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2014 (Smith and Kraus) and his 10-minute play, "Romeo and Jules," appears in the BEST OF PLAYGROUND 2013: LOS ANGELES. His 10-minute play, "Polly," will be in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2015 (Smith and Kraus).
Affiliations
Ron is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild of America West, ASCAP, the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, the 2014-15 PlayGround LA Writers Pool and one of the Associate Directors of the Skylight Theatre's PlayLabs in Los Angeles, CA.