Robert Meyer Burnett - Filmmaker/DVD Producer

"This is one of the best conventions I've ever been to... Lord of the Rings... was a handcrafted film that was made with love and I think everything about this convention from the program books to the badges to those little signs announcing which movies were playing - there was no stone left unturned. The detail was just phenomenal and everything was done with love and care and you just don't see that anymore... I've had my faith restored in convention going by everybody here."

- Robert Meyer Burnett (2002)

Born May 15, 1967 in Seattle's Swedish Hospital, Robert Meyer Burnett immediately began a life-long love affair with all forms of media and popular culture. In 1980 he began working in Bellevue, Washington's VIDEOSPACE, the nation's second video store, where he quickly began devouring just about every title ever released on home video. After three years at Washington's Evergreen State College and finishing off his collegiate career at USC's School of Cinema Television, Burnett went on to earn his first screen credit as the art department assistant on New Line Cinema's 1990 release "Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III."

Robert next went on to a management trainee position in the Warner Brothers feature production department. There, while working under Senior VP of Production Bill Young, he participated in the production of such notable films as "Nothing But Trouble," "The Rookie," "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "Free Willy." From there, he moved on to short stints as a story analyst for Silver Pictures, CAA, William Morris and Pierre David's The Image Organization before settling on a Creative Executive position with director Robin Armstrong's ("Pastime") Open Road Productions.

After a year, fed up with story development, Burnett moved back into production, working as assistant makeup-effects coordinator for Tony Gardner's Alterian Studios on "Cast a Deadly Spell," "Sleepwalkers," "Super Mario Brothers," "Army of Darkness" and the "Swamp Thing" television series. From there, he joined Full Moon Entertainment as a staff editor and segment producer, later earning his first feature editorial assignment, the complete recut of Albert Pyun's "Arcade," nominated for Best Independent Direct to Video release of 1993 by the VSDA.

After working as a freelance Star Trek consultant for Viacom Interactive, Burnett went on to edit the multi-media film displays for Landmark Entertainment and Paramount Parks' $80 million themed attraction, "Star Trek: The Experience," which opened in January of 1998 at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Additionally during this time, he was Critic-At-Large for Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, as well as appearing frequently as an on-air guest commentator on the Sci-Fi Channel series, "SF Vortex."

Burnett marked his feature writing/directing debut with the 1999 film "Free Enterprise," a witty portrait of life, love and fandom, starring William Shatner and Eric McCormack. Later in the year, Burnett joined DVD content providers Kurtti-Pellerin, producing documentary materials for special edition DVDs. While there, he worked on some of the biggest-selling home video titles in history, including Disney’s "The Fantasia Anthology" and "Snow White" and New Line’s Extended Editions of both "Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers," generally considered the two best DVD special editions ever produced. Also at Kurtti-Pellerin, he directed and edited the feature-length "The Making of Tron," for that film’s 20th anniversary release. The piece was later nominated as one of 2002’s best documentaries by the DVD Exclusive Academy.

Robert Meyer Burnett (at right) on set with Brandon Routh while
documenting the production of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.

In 2002, Burnett founded his own production company, Ludovico Technique (http://www.ludovicotechnique.com), named after the brainwashing method depicted in Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1971 film, "A Clockwork Orange". The company began by teaming up with MGM and director Bryan Singer to create a special edition DVD of his Oscar-winning "The Usual Suspects". Ludovico would later produce content for the DVD releases of Valley Girl (20th Anniversary Edition), X-Men 1.5, and X2 (which went on to be nominated as Best DVD Special Edition of the Year by the DVD Exclusives Academy). Ludovico Technique has expanded to comic book publishing ("Living in Infamy" 2005), key art design, and film production ("The Hills Run Red" 2008).

In 2003, Robert developed the screenplay for what would become MGM’s "Agent Cody Banks" and went on to Co-Produce the feature.

In August, 2004, Robert made his big screen debut as himself in Roger Nygard's "Trekkies 2," pontificating about all things Star Trek and specifically, why he's spent his life emulating Captain James Tiberius Kirk, a blatantly fictional character.

Throughout 2004, Robert and the staff of Ludovico Technique covered the entire principal photography phase of the film version of C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe," and in 2005 Robert once again joined Bryan Singer on location in Sydney, Australia to produce extensive and intimate coverage of the production of Singer's "Superman Returns."

Ludovico's recent DVD work garnered 3 nominations at the 2007 Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films!
"Chronicles of Narnia-The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe," Best Special Edition DVD release.
"Free Enterprise," Best Classic Film DVD release.
"Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition," Best DVD collection.

Ludovico Techninque is currently working on the DVD special edition of Michael Davis' "Shoot 'Em Up," for New Line Cinema.

Robert Meyer Burnett was chosen by the Producers Guild and The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 2006 "Digital 50!"