Biography
Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Z. Burns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography
The Laundromat
2019
Producer, Writer
When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
Sea of Shadows
2019
Executive Producer
The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is nearing extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and the Chinese Mafia, who harvest the ...
The Report
2019
Director, Producer, Writer
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to...
The Last Laugh
2019
Thanks
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.
The Mercy
2018
Writer, Producer
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in t...
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Executive Producer
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just...
Approaching the Unknown
2016
Thanks
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth w...
Last Days
2014
Writer
A short animated documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations due to the illegal ivory trade.
Sex Scientists
2013
Director
Two female bartenders test out the age old theory that all women can have sex whenever (and wherever) they want.
Side Effects
2013
Screenplay, Producer
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Contagion
2011
Screenplay, Writer
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t...
Notes on Lying
2010
Writer
A cautionary tale of lying. A curious thing happens to a man when lying, cheating words come out of his mouth.
The Informant!
2009
Screenplay
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-...
Food, Inc.
2008
Thanks
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the far...
What We Take from Each Other
2008
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses everything. Girl doesn't do so well either.
Don't I Know You?
2008
Director, Executive Producer
In Los Angeles, true love is hard to find. When two lost souls find each other in the self-help section of a bookstore, they discover they have a lot ...
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Screenplay
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a...
Pu-239
2006
Director, Writer
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and se...
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
Producer
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
The Mission
N/A
Producer
An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from the guerrila group in the Colombian jungle.
Fake!
N/A
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The true-life story of Jen McAdam and her involvement with the OneCoin Ponzi scheme.
American Psycho
N/A
Writer
A new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's influential novel 'American Psycho'. It aims to reimagine Patrick Bateman in the fast-paced modern era.