Portrait of James Burrows

Directing

James Burrows

Career

Active from 1970 to 2025, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Frasier
Frasier
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Burrows Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    2.5, average 6.0
  • Violence
    0.7, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    0.6, average 4.0
  • Adrenaline
    1.4, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comfort Viewing 16
  • Ensemble Cast 15
  • Character-Driven Comedy 13
  • Character-Driven 12
  • Workplace Comedy 11
  • Comfort Watch 11
  • Character-Driven Humor 11
  • Classic Sitcom 10
  • Romantic Comedy 10
  • 90s Sitcom 10
  • Ensemble Cast Chemistry 8
  • Lighthearted 8

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 76
No Friends
No Friends (2025)

as Director

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Executive Producer

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Executive Producer

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Safe House
Safe House (2015)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Sam

2000s

2 titles
Mastersons of Manhattan
Mastersons of Manhattan (2007)

Director

TV Land Moguls
TV Land Moguls (2004)

TV show

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 48
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration (1990)

Director, Thanks

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 53
Channel 99
Channel 99 (1988)

Director

P.O.P.
P.O.P. (1984)

Director

Partners
Partners (1982)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 74
Butterflies
Butterflies (1979)

Director

More Than Friends
More Than Friends (1978)

Director

Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D. (1977)

Director

Rhoda
Rhoda (1974)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท Director

The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Maintenance Man