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Lilly Burns
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)television producer, executive
Years active2010 – present
Spouse
Tony Hernandez
(m. 2015)
Children2
FatherKen Burns
RelativesRic Burns (uncle)
Sarah Burns (sister)
AwardsThe Peabody Awards (2014)

Lilly Burns is an American television producer who co-founded Jax Media. In January 2022, she was named president of Imagine Entertainment.[1]

Biography

Burns's father is the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.[2][3] Her uncle, Ric Burns, and sister, Sarah Burns, are also documentary filmmakers.[4][5] She graduated from Columbia University in 2009.[6]

She co-founded Jax Media with Tony Hernandez and John Skidmore in 2011.[7] She won a Peabody Award in 2014 for producing Inside Amy Schumer.[8]

As executive producer, she was nominated for six Emmy Awards for her work on Hack Into Broad City (2014), A Very Murray Christmas (2015), Russian Doll (2019), and Emily in Paris (2020).[9][10] She was also nominated for two Gotham Awards for her work on Search Party and Russian Doll.[11][12]

She married Tony Hernandez in 2015.[13] The couple and their two children live in Boerum Hill.[14]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2015 A Very Murray Christmas producer
2017 The Rundown with Robin Thede executive producer
2018 Roseanne executive producer
2018-present The Conners executive producer
2019 Russian Doll executive producer
2016–2019 Broad City executive producer; director, one episode
2019 Living with Yourself producer
2019 Florida Girls executive producer
2019 First Wives Club executive producer
2019 Nikki Fre$h executive producer
2020 Search Party executive producer; director, one episode
2021 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman executive producer
2015–2021 Younger producer
2019–2021 Desus & Mero executive producer
2020–present Emily in Paris executive producer
2022 The Pentaverate executive producer
2022–present Uncoupled executive producer

References

  1. ^ Donnelly, Matt (2022-01-10). "Imagine Entertainment Names Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns as Presidents, Overseeing Film and TV (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. ^ "Ken Burns's American Canon". The New Yorker. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ^ "Ken Burns Brooklyn: Historian Buys in Prospect Heights for $2.75 M." Observer. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. ^ "Documentary Filmmaker Ric Burns : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. ^ Daley, Lauren. "Filmmaker Sarah Burns (daughter of Ken) to screen new documentary at MIT - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. ^ "Speakers". Columbia College Alumni Association. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  7. ^ Harris, LaTesha (2019-11-13). "Variety to Honor Jax Media Chiefs Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns at New Leaders Event". Variety. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  8. ^ "Inside Amy Schumer". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  9. ^ Shaffer, Claire (2020-09-16). "Lily Collins Navigates a New French Life in 'Emily in Paris' Trailer". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  10. ^ "Lilly Burns". Television Academy. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  11. ^ "Gotham Awards 2017: Nods for Greta Gerwig, "Fleabag," "Better Things," & More". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  12. ^ Jacobsen, Kevin (2019-12-03). "Gotham Awards 2019: 'Marriage Story' Named Best Feature, Full List of Winners | Film Trophies". Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  13. ^ O'Connell, Mikey (2019-07-22). "Jax Media Producers on Surviving Roseanne, Samantha Bee Near-Catastrophes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  14. ^ McKeough, Tim (2021-11-02). "They Were Looking for a Place With an Elevator. They Found a Lot More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-10.