MitchBurmanTV

I’m an Emmy and CSA-nominated Producer/Director who’s made a career out of turning big ideas into TV people actually want to watch. Over the years, I’ve worked on some of North America’s most popular and critically acclaimed series – proof that watching an unhealthy amount of television as a child really does pays off!

I started out in sports TV but these days, I live mostly in the reality and unscripted world, producing and directing shows like Style By Jury, The Second City’s Next Comedy Legend, The Adrenaline Project, Brother vs. Brother (starring The Property Brothers), and Play It Forward: Game On, just to name a few. No matter what I work on though, I always  gravitate back to producing Kids & Family content, where my #1 rule is “just make them laugh!” – a mantra I try to bring to every other show I work on as well.

Somewhere along the way, I became one of the go-to producers of hidden-camera television. After producing the prank series Freak Encounters for Animal Planet, I went on to create, develop and produce the hit YTV prank shows Extreme Babysitting and Undercover High, the latter earning an International Emmy nomination and a lifetime appreciation for pulling the wool over people’s eyes in the name of good, fun television. More recently, I developed and produced the Canadian version of the famous Japanese format Old Enough! (yes, another hidden camera show), which picked up three CSA nominations in its very first season. If that wasn’t enough, I also decided once to dive blindly into scripted animation when I created and produced the short, musical series CANAdooDAday, which went on to take first place at the prestigious Prix Jeunesse International Festival.

I’m known for the creative and humourous approach I take to every show I work on, my ability to build and lead really strong production teams and for developing and bringing out the best in the on-air talent I work with. I’m also kind of a  TV “jack of all trades” because I excel at every stage of production – taking shows from inception to development, to production and through all stages of post-production.

Oh, I also really love what I get to do for a living.