Direction: Allan Burns

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Allan Burns. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Lou Grant (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Gene Reynolds · Alexander Singer

Cast Ed Asner · Robert Walden · Linda Kelsey · Mason Adams

Synopsis TV Series (1977-1982). 5 Seasons. 114 Episodes. After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where the characters include Lou Grant, her gruff boss, Murray Slaughter...

6.1

410 votes

6.1

410 votes

Automan (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Kim Manners · Winrich Kolbe · Allen Baron

Cast Chuck Wagner · Desi Arnaz Jr. · Robert Lansing · Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Synopsis TV Series (1983-1984). 13 Episodes. An expert programmer and police officer, Walter Nebicher has created a crime fighting AI at police's mainframe, powerful enough to be able to bring to real world a program's hologram espontaneously, who introduces himself as...

5.2

90 votes

5.2

90 votes

Just Between Friends

1986 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Allan Burns

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Christine Lahti · Sam Waterston · Ted Danson

Synopsis Holly Davis (Tyler Moore) is a wife and mother, happily married to seismologist Chip Davis (Ted Danson). She isn't aware that Chip is having an affair with Sandy Dunlap, a television news reporter Sandy Dunlap (Christine Lahti). One day Holly...

4.6

70 votes

4.6

70 votes

The Duck Factory (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Allan Burns · Herbert Klynn · Rod Daniel · Victor Lobl

Cast Jim Carrey · Julie Payne · Nancy Lane · Jay Tarses

Synopsis Skip Tarkenton is a young animator who's just started with a low-budget animation company that produces "The Dippy Duck Show." As new guy, Skip is often the brunt of office politics, and has to deal with his own lack of...

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Rhoda (TV Series)

1974 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Tony Mordente · Robert Moore

Cast Valerie Harper · Julie Kavner · Ron Silver · Lorenzo Music

Synopsis Rhoda Morgenstern was born in the Bronx in December 1941. She's always felt responsible for World War II. She had a bad puberty. It lasted 17 years. She's a college graduate, she went to art school. Her entrance exam was...

Not rated

Not rated