Colette Burson is a screenwriter, Writers Guild and Golden Globe nominated television creator, and director. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU. She was a founding member of the Playwrights' Collective, a playwright based theater company, for six years in NYC. After moving to Los Angeles in 2009 she created and was the showrunner of the half-hour comedy "Hung" for HBO (2010-2012), which hired more female directors than any other show in cable at that time. Hung has been described as having a mercilessly feminist point of view and was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award for Best New Series as well as four Golden Globes. In 2017 Burson directed the feature film "Permanent" starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson which was based on her childhood growing up in the south. In 2021 she will adapt the best-selling novel "The Growing Season" by Sarah Frey for ABC, and is also creating the limited series "Love Canal" for Showtime. Past work on shows includes "Los Espookys" for HBO and "The Riches" for FX.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 22, 1970 (56)
- Abingdon, Virginia, USA
- Producer, writer, director and actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Colette Burson's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Colette Burson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Colette Burson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Vladimir(2026)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Los Espookys(2018)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
This Close (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Permanent(2017)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Wild Oats(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Hung(2009)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Indie Sex: Teens(2007)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Little Black Boot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Girls on Top(2001)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Coming Soon(1999)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1999 to 2026.
Awards
Nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2010, New Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Colette Burson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Colette Burson's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Colette Burson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Colette Burson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kate Robin shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Kate RobinShared titles: Girls on Top (2001), Coming Soon (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Robin
Actors
- Matt WalshShared titles: Vladimir (2026), Wild Oats (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Walsh
Producers
- Matthias EmckeShared titles: Girls on Top (2001), Coming Soon (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Matthias Emcke
- Thomas AugsbergerShared titles: Girls on Top (2001), Coming Soon (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Augsberger
