Mitchell Burgess is an American writer and producer. He was a writer and an executive producer on ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

''. He was a creator and executive producer for '' Blue Bloods''. He frequently works with his wife Robin Green.

Career

''The Sopranos'', '' Northern Exposure'' and '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' are some of the TV series that he has written for. In 2010 Burgess worked as an executive consultant and writer on the second season of the police drama '' Southland''. Green and Burgess were the creators of ''Blue Bloods'', which premiered in fall 2010 on CBS.

Personal life

Burgess is married to his ''Sopranos'' co-writer Robin Green, whom he met when they were students at the

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Awards

He has been nominated for eleven

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for ''The Sopranos'' and has won three.

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