Steve Burrows is a comedic storyteller.This award-winning filmmaker has been reinventing stereotypes and challenging expectations in film, television, commercials and theater for over two decades.His original voice - coupled with his edgy, character-driven humor - has made his work a favorite around the world, where his range in comedy is as diverse as the locations of his shoots - London, Rome, Tokyo, Bangkok, South Africa and Milwaukee, Wisconsin to name a few.After graduating from The University of Wisconsin, Burrows began his career in Chicago joining Second City Director Del Close as a member of the groundbreaking improvisational comedy group, Baron's Barracudas.Relocating to L.A., Burrows made his first film, "The Soldier of Fortune" - a short about his actual appearance and subsequent humiliation on "The Wheel of Fortune" game show. The film won a slew of film festivals.From there, Burrows became a writer/performer for the famed comedy troupe, The Groundlings, leading to stints on everything from "Seinfeld" to "America's Funniest Home Videos" to over 200 TV spots.Burrows made his directorial feature debut with "Chump Change", bowing at the AFI Film Festival to rave reviews. It premiered at the HBO Comedy Fest, winning the Audience Award / Best Feature. It is there Miramax Films acquired "Chump Change." Burrows then went on to win over 75 awards for writing/directing television commercials on five continents. In a complete career 180°, Burrows dropped out of Show Business to take care of his mother, who had gone in for a routine partial hip replacement and came out in a coma with permanent brain damage. For real. The insane years that followed - fighting for his Mom's life and for medical and legal justice - became Burrows latest feature, the award-winning, critically acclaimed HBO documentary film, "Bleed Out".Burrows is now working on several feature film and television projects, including a comedy and a drama. He is also writing his first book.