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Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright. Early life and education. On July 17, 1962 (61 years ago), Burns was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota. [1] In 1985, Burns graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English from the University of Minnesota. [2] Career.
- Screenwriter, director, producer
- July 17, 1962 (age 61), Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S.
Nov 2, 2020 · Learn about Scott Z. Burns, the Golden Valley-raised screenwriter behind Contagion, The Bourne Ultimatum, and The Report. He talks about his passion for politics, science, and Minnesota in this interview.
Nov 15, 2019 · NPR's Rachel Martin talks to director Scott Z. Burns about his new film The Report. It's about a Senate staffer's efforts to investigate and expose the CIA's use of torture.
Scott Z. Burns. Writer. Producer. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play clip 7:08. 'The Report' Tackles Complex Subject Matter and Gets It Right. 1 Video. 9 Photos. Scott Z. Burns is known for The Report (2019), Side Effects (2013) and Contagion (2011). More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Add to list.
Mar 15, 2023 · In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths - The New York Times. The star-studded Apple TV+ series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your...
- What Did The “Torture Report” find?
- How Did The Torture Report Come Together?
- What Happened After The Events Depicted in The Report?
Jones and his team found that between 2002 and 2008, at least 119 detainees were held by the CIA in covert locations around the world, known as “black sites.” The CIA admitted at least 26 of the detainees were “wrongfully” held. According to the Committee’s executive summary, “interrogations of CIA detainees were brutal and far worse than the CIA r...
The tapes investigation
The investigation into the CIA’s interrogation program began in 2007, when the New YorkTimes reportedthat the CIA had destroyed tapes of interrogations in 2005. Two years before Feinstein became Jones’ boss, West Virginia Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller was the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and he asked Jones to review the CIA documents to determine what was on the tapes. Before working for Sen. Rockefeller, Jones had been an FBI analyst in the International Terrorism Oper...
The larger investigation into the CIA interrogation and detention program
In March 2009, in response to Jones’ report, the Committee voted14-to-1 to launch a larger investigation into the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. Sen. Feinstein had become the Chairman of the Committee at this point, and asked Jones to stay on to head up the investigation. He was initially told it would take about a year to complete. Around the same time, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he was broadening a criminal investigation into the CIA, and as a result, the CIA said th...
“The summer from hell”
Sen. Feinstein sent the report for comment and review by the CIA, other intelligence agencies and the White House. In June 2013, the Committee heard back that the CIA had major problems with the report and claimed it contained inaccuracies. Over the summer, Jones and his team began meeting with the CIA to work through these sections. Jones describes the period as the “summer of hell.” “We knew what the facts were and we would basically say, you know, ‘The ocean water is blue. Here it is.’ And...
The film ends in 2014, after the Senate releases Jones’ findings. But the issues it explores persist in the present day. In 2015, the Senate passedthe McCain-Feinstein Anti-Torture Amendment, which banned any further use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on detainees. In the spring of 2018, Gina Haspel — who, per the Times, oversaw the torture...
Mini Bio. Scott Z. Burns is known for The Report (2019), Side Effects (2013) and Contagion (2011). Trivia. Often works with director Steven Soderbergh (by 2019, they have made at least 6 films together). Matt Damon often appears in films he has written [including The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Informant! (2009), Contagion (2011)].
