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James Burrows

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James Burrows

Dec 30, 1940 – Jun 19, 2026102 titles 15 movies · 87 TV
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Biography

James Burrows (December 30, 1940 — June 19, 2026) was an American director and producer.

Also known as

James Edward Burrows · Jim Burrows

Born

Dec 30, 1940 – Jun 19, 2026

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

9

Acting credits

93

Directing

1

Writing

14

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1970 1 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1975 2 title(s)

1976 2 title(s)

1977 5 title(s)

1978 3 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 2 title(s)

1982 3 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 3 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 4 title(s)

1997 5 title(s)

1998 4 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2010 5 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 3 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)