---
name: "Mitchell Burgess"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mitchell-burgess"
fi1m_id: "mitchell-burgess"
imdb_id: "nm0121331"
tmdb_id: 1215437
wikidata_id: "Q4575144"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T12:45:22.592391+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mitchell Burgess

## Identity

Mitchell Burgess

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mitchell-burgess
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mitchell-burgess
- **IMDb ID:** nm0121331
- **TMDB ID:** 1215437
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4575144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Burgess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4575144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215437

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in Rhode Island.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Rhode Island
- **Active:** 1990–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Robin Green](https://film.one/person/robin-green.md), [Andrew Schneider](https://film.one/person/andrew-schneider.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [David Chase](https://film.one/person/david-chase.md), [Diane Frolov](https://film.one/person/diane-frolov.md), [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md), [James Hayman](https://film.one/person/james-hayman.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (3), 2000s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Burgess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4575144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215437

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)
- **Netflix:** [*Southland*](https://film.one/tv/southland.md) (76)
- **Tubi:** [*Party of Five*](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mitchell Burgess is an American television writer and producer. He wrote 22 episodes of the HBO series *The Sopranos* (1999–2007) and served as an executive producer on the show.

He frequently collaborated with his wife, Robin Green, whom he met while studying at the University of Iowa. Together they co-created the CBS series *Blue Bloods* (2010), on which Burgess also worked as a writer and executive producer. His other writing credits include episodes of *Northern Exposure* (1990), *Party of Five* (1994), *American Gothic* (1995) and *Southland* (2009).

Burgess has received three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on *The Sopranos*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Southland* (2009), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/southland.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Story, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Southland* (2009), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/southland.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as 'Iowa' Burgess · Writer, Executive Producer, Story, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Critical Choices* (1996), Writer
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1996), series, Writer
- *American Gothic* (1995), series, Writer
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2003: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (won), for *The Sopranos*
- 2001: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (won), for *The Sopranos*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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