Pete Burns

Los Angeles • PT

Pete’s been writing ad treatments for seven years and has worked on campaigns for food, cars, pharmaceuticals, alcohol... beef jerky - pretty much anything that’s advertised.

Pete’s highly collaborative and loves comedy but is comfortable with all styles of treatment writing. He has a natural, conversational tone that’s easily adaptable to the voice of any director.

A grad of NYU’s film program, Pete has worked on everything from seminal indies to big studio animated features. He’s written on shows for SyFy, Nickelodeon, and TruTV. Most recently, Pete’s been writing a feature at Warner Brothers Animation.

SKILLS
Treatment writing
Script writing
Copyediting
Creative development
Punch-ups

GENRES
Auto
Comedy
Food+Bev
Lifestyle
Travel+Tourism
Youth Culture

AVAILABILITY

Available
Hold
Unavailable
WRITING SAMPLES

Praise

  • “Hey Pete - We loved what you did so much (SO MUCH!)”

  • “@Pete- this is so masterfully done, as always. We are feeling great about it. Thank you for all of you thought on this. I love all of the pluses, it really elevated the moments.“

  • “Hey I think it’s all great. It’s actually inspiring me to create some slides on sample shots, past founder stories, etc. Thanks, I appreciate all the effort and quality.”

  • “Yes, well done Pete! Thanks for stringing many scattered thoughts into a fun read!”

  • "Hi Pete, Thank you so much for this, we could honestly not be happier with these texts. Evocative, intelligent, clear and confident - just bang on. We'll take it from here! Thanks a million”

  • “Pete !!! This is so awesome. I love it.  So sick. Seriously it’s perfect.“

  • “I'm super happy. Thanks Pete!”

  • “Pete, great work man. Really appreciate you jumping in fast and crushing it. I'll see you on the next one.”

  • "Pete crushed. Thanks for the great work!"

  • “I agree, great work Pete!“

  • “Thank you Pete! This is great. We're good to handle any final tweaks ourselves as we do the layout tomorrow.“

  • “You nailed it Pete!  Thanks for jumping in and actually using my words and outline; you'd be surprised at how many people throw them out.  I always appreciate your collaboration and will take it from here. Let's break bread next time I'm in LA.“

  • “Hi Pete, Thank you so much for this, we could honestly not be happier with these texts. Evocative, intelligent, clear and confident - just bang on. Thanks a million”

  • “Thanks for your help on Starbucks! The directors were super happy with Pete’s work.“

  • “We are good for now, THANK YOU for an excellent job.“

  • “Thanks Pete, I think we’re in an awesome place with it all :) “