The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: "Ron Burch" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Ron Burch is an American writer of television, film, plays, short fiction and novels. His movies include Head over Heels, Yours, Mine and Ours and Ferdinand. He was the executive producer/showrunner (along with David Kidd) of the DreamWorks Animation TV show Dinotrux. He and Kidd wrote the second, third, and fourth seasons of "Marvel Super Hero Adventures".[1]

Early life

Ron Burch was born in Columbus, Ohio. His family later moved to Sunbury, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University, Antioch University Los Angeles, and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[citation needed]

Hollywood

While living in New York City, Burch 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.[1] 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."[2] In the 2000s, the duo began working in film and received screen credit onFerdinand, Head Over Heels and Yours, Mine and Ours.[1] He then worked as an executive producer on DreamWorks Animation's Dinotrux. In addition to Ferdinand being nominated for an Academy Award, the Annie Award, the Golden Globe Award and several others, Burch, along with his co-writers, won the "Humanitas Award" for "Feature--Family."[citation needed]

Fiction

Burch was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his story "The Flower Pot" in Juked, Issue 6, February 1, 2009.[3] His novel, BLISS INC, was published by BlazeVox Books in 2010.[4] His story "I Need" appeared in the anthology TOO MUCH: Tales of Excess (Chuck Howe and Bud Smith, editors)[5]

Plays

Burch's 10-minute plays, "The Baby," "The Origin of Lewis Hackett," and "Polly," were named Best 10-Minute Play in 2011, 2014, and 2015, respectively.[6] His 10-minute play, "Romeo and Jules," appears in the Best of Playground 2013: Los Angeles.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Author Page". IMDB Pro. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Ron Burch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  3. ^ "Issue Page". Juked. J.W. Wang. Retrieved 22 December 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Book Page". BlazeVox Books. Geoffrey Gatza. Retrieved 22 December 2014.[dead link]
  5. ^ Howe, Chuck (August 2014). Book page. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1500216771.
  6. ^ "Author Page". Smith & Kraus Books. Smith & Kraus. Retrieved 22 December 2014.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Best of Playground". Playground LA. Jim Kleinmann. Retrieved 22 December 2014.[dead link]
Categories