EARLY YEARS: (1994 - 2015)
Darius Burke grew up loving films at an early age. At the age of 7, Darius made his first short film entitled "Snow Deck" which was about
Darius snowboarding in his backyard in November 2002. Since then, Darius continued to make films and become more involved in
cinematography. As a teenager, Darius made hundreds of short films and home movies starting in the year 2005 until the year 2015.
To Date, Darius Burke has made approximately 300 - 500 videos.
For High school Darius attended Manchester High School (September - December 2009) and Manchester Regional Academy (March-April 2010) Starting in September 2010 Darius attended High Road Academy Upper School in Wallingford,Connecticut.
Darius Burke graduated high school on June 19,2013.
Darius is a lifelong autodidact. He is self taught in Cinematography and Directing.
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FILMMAKING CAREER & short films (2015 - 2017)
On December 31,2015, Darius announced in a video on his Facebook profile that he is taking his love of filmmaking to a professional level.
In 2016 Darius made three short films. In January 2016, Darius directed a 5 minute short film called " The City of Village Charm" about his town Manchester,Connecticut.
The City of Village Charm was released onto YouTube in 2017.
The second is an anti-bullying short film called "Words Can Hurt" which was filmed on September 10,2016.
"Words Can Hurt" was released onto YouTube in 2017.
The third short film "Adam & Juliet" was filmed in April 2016 and released onto YouTube in November 2016.
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Continued Career (2017 - 2018)
In 2017, Darius filmed four movies.
A short film called "The Girl in the Woods" , it was filmed in February 2017.
It was released onto YouTube in 2018.
From March - June 2017 , the first ever feature film about Aaron Swartz called "Patriot of The Web" was filmed.
It will be officially released onto Amazon Prime on July 24,2019.
In September 2017, a short film called "The Hole" was filmed.
It was released onto YouTube in 2018.
In November 2017, the short film "Love in the Future" was filmed, and was edited from Nov.2017 - Jan.2018.
The release is still pending.
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( Year 2018 )
---------The feature film "Giving up Forever" will likely begin production in February 2020.
(the screenplay was finished in Dec.2017)---------------------------------
------------------The feature film "Revolt" began filming on January 12, 2018.
----production is expected to be completed by December 2019.-----------------
------------(the screenplay was finished in Sept.2017) --------------------------------
-----a short film "Skylar & Ashley" was filmed from April - May 2018.----------
----it was released in 2018 onto YouTube----------
-- a short film "Breaking the Chains" was filmed in May 2018----
---a release date is expected to be announced soon------
-------The parody film "Not Funny: The Movie" was filmed in segments from Sept.2018 - Dec.2018.----------
----filming will resume in June 2020----
----------(Screenplay currently being written)-----------
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(Year 2019)
"JFK JR" will begin filming on July 16,2019 (which is the 20th anniversary of the death of JFK JR. , his wife Carolyn, and her sister
Lauren)
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Other films to likely be filmed in 2019:
"Giving Up Forever" (feature film)
"The Train in my Grandmother's Backyard" (feature film)