James Burrows

About James Burrows

Birth Day: December 30, 1940
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Birth Sign: Capricorn

James Burrows Net Worth

James Burrows net worth and salary: James Burrows is a Director who has a net worth of $600 million. James Burrows was born in Los Angeles, in December 30, 1940. Veteran television director with more than 50 TV pilots to his name who co-created the NBC series Cheers. He directed every episode of Will & Grace and is also notable for directing Taxi, Friends and Frasier, among numerous other classic sitcoms.
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💰James Burrows Net worth: $600 million (Updated at 15 March 2019)

About

Veteran television director with more than 50 TV pilots to his name who co-created the NBC series Cheers. He directed every episode of Will & Grace and is also notable for directing Taxi, Friends and Frasier, among numerous other classic sitcoms.

Before Fame

He is an alumus of Oberlin College and Yale School of Drama. He worked as a dialogue coach on O.K. Crackerby! before becoming an assistant stage manager for the play Holly Golightly where he met Mary Tyler Moore.

Trivia

NBC aired a tribute called Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows in February of 2016. He was nominated for an Emmy Award every year between 1980 and 2005, except for 1997, on his way to winning 10 of them in addition to 4 Directors Guild of America Awards out of 15 nominations.

Family Life

He was married to Linda Solomon from 1981 to 1993 with whom he had three children. He later married Debbie Easton. He is the son of playwright and director Abe Burrows.

Associated With

He directed John Mahoney in Frasier, and in a 1998 adaptation of the play The Man Who Came to Dinner.