Burt Kearns
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Burt Kearns is an American television and film producer, writer, director, screenwriter, journalist and author, possibly best known for his controversial 1999 tabloid television memoir, Tabloid Baby.
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[edit] Recent Highlights
Kearns formed the production company Frozen Television (later Frozen Pictures) with veteran producer Brett Hudson, formerly of the Hudson Brothers, in 2000. Kearns has produced many television shows and series under the Frozen banner, including the documentary series Adults Only: The Secret History of The Other Hollywood and The Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll with Gene Simmons for Court TV, All The Presidents' Movies with Martin Sheen for Bravo, the Showtime late night series My First Time, and episodes of the Court TV series, Mugshots.
Directed and produced the 2008 documentary musical film, The Seventh Python, about the career and influence of Monty Python collaborator and Bonzo Dog Band legend Neil Innes, produced by Frozen Pictures and presented by Sean Connors Films, Ltd.; directed and produced Basketball Man, the 2007 Frozen Pictures documentary film that featured basketball stars and legends telling the story of the life and legacy of the game's inventor, Dr. James Naismith; executive producer and producer of Frozen Pictures' The Michael Lohan Reality Project.
Kearns wrote and produced the 2006 20th Century Fox movie, Cloud 9 (starring Burt Reynolds), along with Hudson and Academy Award winner Albert S. Ruddy.
[edit] Independent career
Produced the documentary films Death of A Beatle (2000) and Bin Laden’s Escape (2005) (with Parco Productions). Directed and produced the documentary, Boxing: A Different Look for Showtime and Hollywood Animal Crusaders (featuring John Travolta, Cher, Don Johnson & Esai Morales) for Animal Planet. Co-producer of the HBO documentary Panic, starring Kim Basinger. Producer of Fox Television special, When Good Pets Go Bad 2 and executive producer of the syndicated series, Strange Universe.
Made international headlines, including front page stories in The New York Times and USA Today, when he created and edited the website, saintmychal.com, chronicling, and inherently promoting, the canonisation of NYC Fire Department chaplain and September 11th hero, Rev. Mychal Judge.
[edit] Early career
A graduate of Fairfield University, he has been a newspaper reporter and editor and was a New York City television news producer and writer in the 1980s (WNEW-TV's Ten O'Clock News, WNBC-TV's News 4 New York, CBS News Nightwatch).
Writer for Spin magazine, with articles on Elvis Presley, k.d. lang, Steve Miller and John Hiatt, among others.
He helped develop the tabloid television genre, as producer of shows like A Current Affair (1989-1990), Hard Copy (1990-1993) and Premier Story (1994).
[edit] Personal
Returned to tabloid genre in 2005, working once again with mentor Peter Brennan, as consulting producer to short-lived revival of A Current Affair. Kearns is married to television journalist Alison Holloway.
