# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-r-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:15.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-r-burns"
name: "Michael R. Burns"
slug: "michael-r-burns"
description: "Michael Burns is an American entertainment executive who joined the board of directors of Lionsgate in 1999 and became Vice Chairman of Lionsgate in March 2000, a position he continues to hold. During his 27-year tenure, Lionsgate has grown from a fledgling independent studio into a diversified global entertainment company. In May 2025, Lionsgate’s studio business and STARZ streaming business separated into two independent, publicly-traded companies, Lionsgate and STARZ, and Mr. Burns became non-Executive Chairman of STARZ’s Board of Directors while remaining Vice Chairman of Lionsgate."
tagline: "American banker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_R._Burns.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1958-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.334742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  73
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122800/"
    handle:    "nm0122800"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل ر. بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burns_(executive)"
    title: "Michael Burns (executive)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burns"
    title: "Michael Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations