Martyn Burke
- January 10, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Martyn Burke Biography
| Name | Martyn Burke |
| Birthday | Sep 14 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place Of Birth | Hamilton |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Parents | Freda Burke, Les Burke |
| Spouse | Laura Morton |
Martyn Burke is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on September 14, 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Continuing to produce and direct documentaries – his 2012 documentary Under Fire: Journalists in Combat was short-listed for an Academy Award and won a Peabody Award in 2012 – his theatrical and cable television film career expanded in Los Angeles and includes the Emmy Award nominated film for TNT, Pirates of Silicon Valley for which he was also nominated for a DGA Award as director. In 2015 he was awarded the International Press Academy’s Auteur award. He wrote a number of HBO and TNT films including The Second Civil War starring Beau Bridges (for which Bridges won an Emmy) and James Earl Jones and Denis Leary, Sugartime starring John Turturro about Chicago mafia don Sam Giancana, and an adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. His feature film credits include co-writing the Paramount Pictures cult classic comedy, Top Secret! and directing Avenging Angelo starring Sylvester Stallone, Anthony Quinn and Madeline Stowe.
In 2012 he won the Peabody Award and was short-listed for an Academy Award for the film Under Fire: Journalists In Combat; in 2015 he was named winner of the Auteur Award by the International Press Association in Los Angeles; and in 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Martyn Burke Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Martyn Burke is one of the richest Director from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martyn Burke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Often Burke’s work as a documentary filmmaker inspired his novels or films. His documentary The KGB Connections, resulted in his later novel, The Commissar’s Report, a satirical story about Soviet and United States relations during the Cold War. Producing and directing a segment for CBS’s West 57th about early black R and B legends Ruth Brown and Bo Diddley being cheated out of record royalties, led to his novel Ivory Joe, the story of a 1950s family being caught up in the turmoil of the music industry at the dawn of Rock and Roll.
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Who is Martyn Burke Dating?
According to our records, Martyn Burke married to Laura Morton. As of December 1, 2023, Martyn Burke’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Mateo Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Martyn Burke celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.