Travis Burgess

Travis Burgess is an awardwinning director writer and producer with over 15 years of experience in narrative features and documentaries Travis produced on The Preppie Connection which IFC Films distributed His passion for storytelling took him to Angola Africa where he produced the featurelength documentary Death Metal Angola which premiered at DOC NYC and went on to screen at over sixty festivals worldwide In 2023 Travis made his directorial debut with Hayseed released theatrically by Good Deed Entertainment and is now streaming on Apple TV Prime Tubi and many other platforms His last short The Silver Cord 2025 won Best of Fest at three festivals last fall including Palm Screams Film Festival As a writer Travis has gained significant recognition He was named one of the Top 50 Screenwriters of the Year by the ISA Fast Track Fellowship a finalist in Stage32s New Blood competition and awarded Best Writer at New Yorks Chain Film Festival His scripts have earned placements on The Black List and were finalists at prestigious festivals such as Austin Atlanta Rhode Island and New Orleans