Manhattan was born in Valley Stream, Long Island in New York State on January 29th, 1968.
His father Sr. Edward J. Burns is a retired police sergeant. Ed's mother Molly worked for the Federal Aviation Administration at Kennedy Airport. Edward is a middle child - he has an older sister Mary and a younger brother Brian, who is a producer/screenwriter. All in all he grew up in a traditional Irish Catholic family.
Burns first attended The State University of New York at Albany and majored in English Literature but his junior year transferred to Hunter College in Manhattan to study filmmaking, where he began writing screenplays.
After completing several short films, Burns graduated with big dreams. Meanwhile, through his father's connection with Dunleavy, he secured a part-time job as a production assistant for the show The Reporters. Simultaneously, he began filming McMullen, an eighteen-day shot that dragged over eighteen months. His father was a producer. His mother was the caterer.The Burns' Long Island colonial provided most of the sets. When The Reporters folded midway through McMullen, Burns found similar work with Entertainment Tonight. Together with his younger brother Brian he formed Irish Twin Productions and put by together enough cash to make The Brothers McMullen, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and went to gross more than $10 million at the domestic box office.
Burns followed up The Brothers Mcmullen with a pair of piquant independent films he also wrote, directed and acted in - She's The One, with Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz a romantic comedy with more mainstream appeal and audiences involved into it, and No Looking Back, with Lauren Holly and Jon Bon Jovi, filmed in 1998. Also in 1998 Burns took a role as one of the foot soldiers, private Reiben, who go in search of a missing soldier in Steven Spielberg's movie Saving Private Ryan. The film ended up being one of the most critticaly acclaimed films of all time. - and Burns enjoyed even more growing success. Next up for Burns is Any Given Sunday, a football movie directed Oliver Stone.
Husband of murdered nurse denied restraining orderFoster's Daily Democrat, NHBy JOEY CRESTA OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court judge denied a petition this week for a restraining order filed by Edward Burns Jr. against an ex-boyfriend of his deceased wife, Stacey Burns, who was found stabbed to death in her Wolfeboro
Wolfeboro homicide case takes a twistThe Union Leader, NHStacey Burns had also filed for a restraining order against husband Edward Burns, which was approved Aug. 8, 2007, by Judge Willard Martin. She wrote in July 2007, "My husband woke me up at 4 am this morning to discuss our situation.
No arrest yet in Wolfeboro woman's slayingFoster's Daily Democrat, NHBurns and her former husband, Edward Burns, 47, currently of Winchester, were divorced after 17 years of marriage. They have five children — ages 7 to 15 — who lived in Wolfeboro with her. Court records reveal a strained relationship between the two
Investigation Continues At Site Of Wolfeboro Killing WMURDivorce records show slain woman's troubled union Laconia CitizenThe Union Leader - Concord Monitorall 43 news articles
'Echelon Conspiracy' Eyes July Blu-ray ReleaseHigh-Def Digest, CAStarring Ving Rhames and Edward Burns, and barely rating a blip on the box office radar, Paramount will debut the little-seen thriller on Blu-ray July 21, day-and-date with the standard DVD. Tech specs will present the film in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video
Girardville approves paying municipal authorityRepublican & Herald, PAThe GAMA board is comprised of Chairman Thomas Yesalavage, Co-Chairman Edward Burns, Peter Teresavage and Larry Kachelries. There is one vacancy. “We have a request about the sewer authority wanting to get a salary,” said council President Robert Krick
Newton churches form Church Watch to deter crimeHickory Daily Record, NCEdward Burns, pastor at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Newton, points out new security cameras and motion sensors installed after a series of break-ins. By Richard Gould | Hickory Daily Record NEWTON - A cardboard box filled with electronic alarm
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