Kevin Burns Dies: ‘Ancient Aliens’ Creator, ‘Lost In Space’ Reboot Co-Producer Was 65
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Kevin Burns, president and creator of Prometheus Entertainment and a producer of Netflix’s Lost in Space reboot, died Sunday of cardiac arrest at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 65.
Burns’ death was confirmed by Derek Thielges, vice president marketing and development at Prometheus. The company has produced such non-fiction series as Ancient Aliens, America’s Book of Secrets, Food Paradise and Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed. Docudramas include The Curse of Oak Island and Kendra.
“I am heartbroken to learn of the passing of Mr. Kevin Burns yesterday,” tweeted Ancient Aliens narrator Robert Clotworthy. “Not only was he my boss, he was my friend. He was creative, funny, generous, brilliant, tough, wise, curious, opinionated, loyal and loved life.”
Burns created and exec produced Ancient Aliens, launched in the U.S. in 2009, and, according to Prometheus, has produced more than 800 hours of television programming over the past two decades, including programs for History, WEtv, A&E, Travel Channel, E!, Bravo, Animal Planet, National Geographic Channel and AMC.
Burns was an exec at Twentieth Century Fox Television in 1993 when he co-founded Foxstar Productions where he developed and produced a series of Alien Nation movies for television. The following year he founded Van Ness Films, a subsidiary of Foxstar, where he produced 166 episodes of the A&E series Biography, winning an Emmy in 2002 and, the following year, taking a Daytime Emmy for AMC’s Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s.
Burns founded Prometheus in 1999, creating and producing such programming as E!’s The Girls Next Door, WEtv’s Kendra on Top and HW@’s America’s Book of Secrets and In Search of Aliens, as well as History channel’s Ancient Aliens and The Curse of Oak Island.
Also that year, Burns, in partnership with Jon Jashni, founded Synthesis Entertainment, which developed and produced remakes and sequels of the popular Irwin Allen movies and television series including the feature film version of The Poseidon Adventure in 2006. In 2016, Synthesis joined Legendary Entertainment in launching the new Lost in Space series that launched on Netflix in 2018 and is currently in its second season.
Other TV credits include Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman, Spider-Man Tech, Indiana Jones and the Ultimate Quest; Batman Unmasked, and Angels & Demons: Decoded.
Filmography
Film , Year , Credited as , , , Notes
Director , Producer , Writer ,
"I Remember Barbra" , 1981 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"In Our Hands" , 1982 , No , Yes , No ,
"Meet Bertice" , 1993 , No , Yes , No ,
"Alien Nation: Dark Horizon" , 1994 , No , Yes , No , uncredited
"Biography" , 1995-2005 , Yes , Yes , Yes , director 1995-1997 writer 1996-1997
"The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen" , 1995 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Alien Nation: Body and Soul" , 1995 , No , Yes , No , uncredited
"A Hollywood Christmas" , 1996 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Alien Nation: Millennium" , 1996 , No , Yes , No ,
"Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies" , 1996 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Monster Mania" , 1997 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults" , 1997 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults " , 1997 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Twentieth Century-Fox: The First 50 Years" , 1997 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Hollywood Aliens & Monsters" , 1997 , Yes , No , No ,
"Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood" , 1998 , No , Yes , No ,
"Beyond Titanic" , 1998 , No , Yes , No ,
"Behind the Planet of the Apes" , 1998 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Lost in Space Forever" , 1998 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Hugh Hefner: American Playboy Revisited" , 1998 , Yes , No , No ,
"TV Guide Looks at Cops" , 1998 , Yes , No , No ,
"TV Guide Looks at Christmas" , 1998 , Yes , No , No ,
"Famous Families" , 1998 , No , Yes , No , 17 episodes
"The Bunny Years" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Who Knew ?" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Bride of Monster Mania" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hollywood's Hot Wheels" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hollywood Screen Tests" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2" , 1999 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints" , 2000 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect" , 2000 , No , Yes , No ,
"Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years" , 2000 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years" , 2000 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Backstory" , 2000 , No , Yes , Yes , producer 55 episodes writer 2 episodes
"Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood" , 2001 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days" , 2001 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Omen Legacy" , 2001 , No , Yes , No ,
"History vs. Hollywood" , 2001 , No , Yes , No , 16 episodes
"The Time Tunnel" , 2002 , No , Yes , No ,
"Inside The Playboy Mansion" , 2002 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s" , 2002 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Alien Saga" , 2002 , No , Yes , No ,
"Monsterama" , 2003 , No , Yes , No , 24episodes
"Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s" , 2003 , No , Yes , No ,
"50 Greatest TV Animals" , 2003 , No , Yes , No ,
"Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest" , 2003 , No , Yes , No ,
"Sex at 24 Frames Per Second: The Ultimate Journey Through Sex in Cinema" , 2003 , No , Yes , No ,
"Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration" , 2003 , No , Yes , No ,
"Monsterama: Munsters Collectibles" , 2003 , No , No , Yes ,
"Monsterama: Aurora Model Kits" , 2003 , No , No , Yes ,
"The Robinsons: Lost in Space" , 2004 , No , Yes , No ,
"Just the Facts" , 2004 , No , Yes , Yes ,
"50 Greatest Movie Animals" , 2004 , No , Yes , No ,
"Love Hollywood Style" , 2004 , No , Yes , No ,
"Animal Icons" , 2004 , No , Yes , No , 17 episodes
"Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy" , 2004 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Ultimate Super Heroes" , 2005 , No , Yes , No ,
"Ultimate Super Villains" , 2005 , No , Yes , No ,
"Ultimate Super Vixens" , 2005 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Girls Next Door" , 2005-2009 , No , Yes , No ,
"Poseidon" , 2006 , No , Yes , No ,
"Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman" , 2006 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"The Science of Superman" , 2006 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hollywood Science" , 2006 , No , Yes , No , 5 episodes
"High Maintenance 90210" , 2007 , No , Yes , No , 6 episodes
"Spider-Man Tech" , 2007 , No , Yes , No ,
"Star Wars Tech" , 2007 , No , Yes , No ,
"Star Warriors" , 2007 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" , 2007 , Yes , Yes , Yes ,
"Food Paradise" , 2007-2013 , No , Yes , No , 52 episodes
"Indiana Jones and the Ultimate Quest" , 2008 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Batman Unmasked" , 2008 , No , Yes , No ,
"Batman Tech" , 2008 , No , Yes , No ,
"Vegas Revolution" , 2008 , No , Yes , No , 6 episodes
"The Valkyrie Legacy" , 2008 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Kendra" , 2008-2011 , No , Yes , No ,
"Ladies or Gentlemen" , 2008 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"The Face is Familiar" , 2009 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"Angels & Demons: Decoded" , 2009 , No , Yes , No ,
"Bridget's Sexiest Beaches" , 2009 , No , Yes , No ,
"Holly's World" , 2009-2011 , No , Yes , No , 19 episodes
"The President's Book of Secrets" , 2010 , No , Yes , No ,
"Ancient Aliens" , 2010-2020 , No , Yes , No ,
"Hef's Runaway Bride" , 2011 , No , Yes , No ,
"Civilization: Lost" , 2011 , No , Yes , No ,
"How Playboy Changed the World" , 2012 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"The Godfather Legacy" , 2012 , Yes , Yes , No ,
"America's Book of Secrets" , 2012-2013 , No , Yes , No , 33 episodes
"Birth/Mothers" , 2012 , No , Yes , No ,
"Kendra on Top" , 2012-2017 , No , Yes , No ,
"Bible Secrets Revealed" , 2013-2014 , No , Yes , No , 6 episodes
"Target: Earth" , 2013 , No , Yes , No ,
"Secret Societies of Hollywood" , 2013 , No , Yes , No , 5 episodes
"In Search of Aliens" , 2013 , No , Yes , No , 10 episodes
"The Curse of Oak Island" , 2014-2020 , No , Yes , No ,
"Cesar Millan: Love My Pit Bull" , 2014 , No , Yes , No ,
"Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color" , 2015 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Secret Life of: America's Tallest Buildings" , 2017 , No , Yes , No ,
"Vanished" , 2017 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Tesla Files" , 2018 , No , Yes , No ,
"The Curse of Civil War Gold" , 2018 , No , Yes , No ,
"Lost in Space" , 2018 , No , Yes , No ,
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