Burr, Jeff 1963(?)–(Jeffrey C. Burr)

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BURR, Jeff 1963(?)
(Jeffrey C. Burr)


PERSONAL


Born 1963 (some sources cite 1962), in Aurora, OH; raised in Georgia. Education: Studied film and television at University of Southern California.

Career: Director, writer, and actor. Director of music videos. Florida State University Film School, Tallahassee, FL, guest instructor, 1997.


Awards, Honors: Grand prize for short film, Tokyo International Film Festival, c. 1980, for Divided We Fall; International Fantasy Film Award nomination, Fantasporto, best film, 1990, for Leatherface: Texas Chain-saw Massacre III.


CREDITS


Film Director:

Divided We Fall (short film), 1980.

The Offspring (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream ), Moviestore Entertainment, 1987.

Stepfather II (also known as Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy ), Miramax, 1989.

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (also known as TCM3 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 ), New Line Cinema, 1990.

Eddie Presley, Raven Pictures International, 1993.

Puppet Master 4, Paramount Home Video, 1993.

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (also known as Pumpkinhead 2: The Demon Returns ), Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1994.

Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (also known as The Final Chapter: Puppet Master 5 ), Paramount Home Video, 1994.

Night of the Scarecrow, Republic, 1995.

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard, KushnerLocke, 1996.

American Hero, 1997.

Spoiler, Artist View Entertainment, 1997.

The Werewolf Reborn!, Amazing Fantasy Entertainment/Full Moon Pictures, 1998.

The Boy with the XRay Eyes (also known as XRay Boy and Xtreme Teens ), Full Moon Entertainment/KushnerLocke, 1999.

Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!, Full Moon Entertainment, 2000.

Straight into Darkness, Silver Bullet, 2003.


Film Work; Other:

(With others) Producer, The Offspring (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream ), Moviestore Entertainment, 1987.

Editor, Eddie Presley, Raven Pictures International, 1993.

(With others) Cinematographer, The Shrunken City, Amazing Fantasy Entertainment, 1998.

(As Jeffrey C. Burr) Executive producer, Broke Sky, Buzzard Films, 2003.


Film Appearances:

The coroner, Things, Vista Street Entertainment, 1993.

Chicago police officer, Fear of a Black Hat, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994.

Doctor, Deadly Desire (also known as The Abduction of Crystal Blue and Saturday Night Special ), ConcordeNew Horizons, 1994.

The coroner, With Criminal Intent, 1995.

Himself, Halloween ... The Happy Haunting of America!, Chuck Williams Productions/Whiz Bang Entertainment, 1997.

Guy on sidewalk, Witchouse 2: Blood Coven, Full Moon Entertainment, 2000.

Fergusson, Dark Asylum, Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Voice of radio show caller, Zombiegeddon, 2003.


Television Director; Movies:

Phantom Town, Showtime, 1999.


Television Director; Episodic:

"Brain in the Attic," Big Bad Beetleborgs (also known as Beetleborgs and Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs ), Fox Kids Network, 1996.

"Fang over Charterville," Big Bad Beetleborgs (also known as Beetleborgs and Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs ), Fox Kids Network, 1996.

"Space Case," Big Bad Beetleborgs (also known as Beetleborgs and Saban's Big Bad Beetleborgs ), Fox Kids Network, 1996.


Director for the series Land of the Lost, ABC.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Uncle Jack, Phantom Town, Showtime, 1999.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Second reporter, "The Upset," Hang Time, NBC, 1999.


RECORDINGS


Videos; Documentaries:

Shock Cinema Vol. 1, Cinema Home Video, 1991.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth, Exploited Film, 2000.

The Saw Is Family: Making "Leatherface, " New Line Home Video, 2003.

We Knows What to Do with Them Parts..., New Line Home Video, 2003.


WRITINGS


Screenplays:

(With others) The Offspring (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream ), Moviestore Entertainment, 1987.

The Boy with the XRay Eyes (also known as XRay Boy and Xtreme Teens ), Full Moon Entertainment/KushnerLocke, 1999.

Straight into Darkness, Silver Bullet, 2003.