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Mitchell Burgess Biography

Birth Name:Mitchell Burgess

Profession Writer, Producer, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Nominated for a Le Reflet d'Or Award in 2011 for "Blue Bloods" at the Festival Tous Ecrans, an annual film festival held in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award on four occasions for his work on "The Sopranos," eventually winning in 2007
  • Nominated for 11 Emmy Awards for his work on HBO's "The Sopranos", winning three
  • Won a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "The Sopranos" in 2005
  • After graduating with a Bachelor's degree from Brown University, he would go on to complete a Master's degree from the University of Iowa, where he met his wife, Robin Green
  • Frequently works with his wife, Robin Green, who is also a filmmaker
  • Started out as an executive story editor on the TV series "Almost Grown" in 1988
  • Worked as a writer and executive story editor on the TV series "Northern Exposure" in the mid-1990s
  • Best known as the creator and executive producer of "Blue Bloods" and the writer and executive producer of "The Sopranos․"
  • Made a cameo appearance in "The Sopranos" episode "Sentimental Education" in 2004 and had a recurring role as Biff Carruthers in "Home and Away" in 2012

Awards

  • 1995WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: winner
  • 2001WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 2002WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 2003OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2003OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2003PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: winner
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2003WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2005PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
  • 2007WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: winner
  • 2010Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode of the Decade: nominated
  • 2011Le Reflet d'Or-Best International Television Series: nominated