Age: 53
male
Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an independent filmmaker living in Texas. His most notable contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live-action. In April 2003, Burns, along with several of his friends, created the Internet machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles. Filmed using the video games Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach. Red vs. Blue was quickly acclaimed for its humor and originality, eventually elevating Burns to the status of an Internet celebrity. Such visibility allowed him to create one of the few successful machinima film-houses in the industry, Rooster Teeth Productions. Burns even attracted the attention of video game giant Electronic Arts, who asked him to create a promotional series using their new game, The Sims 2. The result, The Strangerhood, has received mixed reviews. Burns also premiered P.A.N.I.C.S., a mini-series that utilizes the F.E.A.R. game engine. He has appeared at several film festivals, including Sundance and The Sydney Film Festival. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two sons.
Burnie Burns
Lopez La Pesado
for Lopez La Pesado in Freelancers and the Simulation Troopers
Suggested by ltathena
Four Freelancer agents - Carolina, Colorado, Texas "Tex" and Washington - arrive in the Blood Gulch of the Halo Array in the 26th Century to take command of the Red and Blue Armies of the canyon to make them into better MJOLNIR VI-armored soldiers. On the Red Team is the psychotic commander Sarge, lazy slacker Grif, nerdy sycophant Simmons, lively newbie Donut, and dependable robot Lopez. On the Blue Team is the beleaguered prototype Church, Casanova wannabe Tucker, enigmatic mystic Caboose, Grif's sister Kaikaina, and split-personality Doc. As Washington and Tex take to the Blue Team to rally them for a mission to spy on and bring down the shady dealings of their creator organization - Project Freelancer, Carolina and Colorado get caught up in trying to train the Reds for the same mission as Sarge gets a taste of his own medicine from Colorado who begins helping Grif progress. As Carolina tries to keep everyones' eyes on the ultimate prize amidst the crazy antics in Blood Gulch, other renegade agents and A.I. of Project Freelancer are swarming across the galaxy to undermine the UNSC and peace in space.
