Brian Burke is a director/scenic designer of live stage productions and a Creative & Co-Executive producer for live television. Through detailed visual creative treatments and storyboards, he and his team collaborate directly with artists, producers, creative and technical teams to bring the creative treatments to life while developing and executing new show formats.
Brian is the creative producer of Pitbull’s 2017 Climate Change World Tour and Time of Our Lives Residency at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. Most recently Brian was Executive Creative Producer for Hunan TV’s 20th Anniversary New Years Eve Gala at Shenzhen Arena in China with a record ratings viewership of 1.8 billion. Brian is the Creative Producer of America’s Got Talent and Little Big Shots on NBC, American Idol on FOX, The X Factor UK, Britain’s Got Talent on ITV and Co-Executive Producer of La Banda on Univision receiving an International Emmy Nomination. Brian was the Artistic Director of Le Reve – The Dream at Wynn Las Vegas and Celine Dion’s A New Day at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. He directed and designed Il Divo’s Broadway production A Musical Affair and three world tours Wicked Game in 2012, Greatest Hits in 2013 and A Musical Affair in 2014. In addition to series producing he has been Creative Director for performances on The Billboard Music Awards, The American Music Awards,The World Music Awards, The Classic Brit Awards, The Royal Variety Performance, The Latin Grammy Awards, Premio Lo Nuestro and Dancing With The Stars.
Brian has created live performances for Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Jaimee Fox, Fall Out Boy, Pitbull, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Keith Urban, Stevie Knicks, Celine Dion, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Carrie Underwood, Brandon Flowers, 5 Seconds of Summer, TF Boys, Gavin DeGraw, Train, Emeli Sande, Flo Rida, Harry Connick, Jr., Dierks Bentley, Vance Joy, OMI, One Republic, The Jacksons, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rogers, Andy Grammer, Rachel Platten, Michael McDonald, Rod Stewart, Ella Henderson, IL Volo, Il Divo, Josh Groban, Jessie J., Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Echosmith, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton, Heidi Klum, Mel B., Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, Gary Barlow, David Foster, Franki Valli, Ashley Monroe, Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Labrinth, Kelly Rowland, Randy Jackson, Yolanda Adams, Wisin, Marco Antonio Solis, David Bisbal, Laura Pausini, Gente De Zona, Luis Coronel, Calibre 50, Camila, Juan Luis Guerra, Jesse Y Joy, Reik, Alejandro Sanz, Cheryl Cole, Jackie Evancho, Nick Fradiani, Katharine McPhee, Becky G, Nicole Scherzinger, Susan Boyle, Frankie J., Joan Rivers, James Lipton, Penn and Teller, The Radio City Rockettes, The Harlem Gospel Choir and Celine Dion on The 2004 World Music Awards where she was honored as the highest selling recording artist of all time.
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