Ron Burch is an American writer whose work spans television, film, plays, short fiction and novels. His movies include '' Head over Heels'', '' Yours, Mine and Ours'' and ''

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''. He was the executive producer/showrunner (along with David Kidd) of the

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TV show ''

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''. He and Kidd wrote the second, third, and fourth seasons of "

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Early life

Ron Burch was born in

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. His family later moved to

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. He attended

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, and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at

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Hollywood

While living in New York City, Ron and his writing partner, David Kidd, began writing together. They relocated to Los Angeles, where they worked as Staff Writers on the

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sitcom "The Closer" for

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. In 1998, they, along with composer Ed Alton, were nominated for an

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for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song "You Don't Know Jack." After that show, they transitioned to film where they worked uncredited on a number of movies and received screen credit on three of them: "

," " Head Over Heels" and " Yours, Mine and Ours." He currently is Executive Producer on

TV's "

." In addition to Ferdinand being nominated for an Academy Award, the Annie Award, the Golden Globe Award and several others, Ron, along with his co-writers, won the "

Humanitas Award The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist P ...

" for "Feature--Family."

Fiction

Ron's fiction has appeared in a number of literary journals and anthologies. He's been nominated for a

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

for his story "The Flower Pot" in Juked, Issue 6, February 1, 2009. His experimental novel, BLISS INC, was published by

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in 2010. His story "I Need" appeared in the anthology TOO MUCH: Tales of Excess (Chuck Howe and Bud Smith, editors)

Plays

Ron is also an award-winning playwright. His plays have been developed and produced by a variety of theatres in the US and internationally. His 10-minute play, "The Baby," is in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2011 (Smith and Kraus) and his 10-minute play, "The Origin of Lewis Hackett," is in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2014 (Smith and Kraus) and his 10-minute play, "Romeo and Jules," appears in the BEST OF PLAYGROUND 2013: LOS ANGELES. His 10-minute play, "Polly," was in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2015 (Smith and Kraus).

Affiliations

Ron is a member of the

Dramatists Guild of America The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market. Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Mem ...

Writers Guild of America West The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the Screen Writers Guild. It has around 20,000 m ...

ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

, the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, the 2014-15 PlayGround LA Writers Pool and one of the Associate Directors of the Skylight Theatre's PlayLabs in Los Angeles, CA.

References

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