A LIFE IN MOTION

Troy
Burgess

A lifetime spent on both sides of the stage.

Performer · Creative · Producer · Director · Technician · Entrepreneur

STORY / BIO

A lifetime
in motion.

With over 40 years of professional working experience in entertainment, Burgess contributes a wealth of in-depth knowledge to every production and company he is associated with.

As a Producer, he has created, developed and directed Branded Entertainment Productions for multinational corporate clients such as Toyota, Sony, Intel, Panasonic, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, NIKE, Sega Sammy, Maybelline and many others—then produced them in multiple countries around the world.

His career is as diversified in front of the camera as it is behind it. As a Performer, he's worked and collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, television and film, such as Michael Bay, Kenny Ortega, John Landis, Vincent Paterson, Brandon Tartikoff, Rob Marshall, Whitney Houston, Cher, Elton John, Prince, Michael Jackson and Paula Abdul—just to name a few.

SELECTED WORK / CREDITS

STAGE & TOURS

AIDA — Original Broadway Cast · Ensemble / Zoser understudy

Starlight Express — 1st International Tour · Greaseball

West Side Story — 30th Anniversary Tour · Snowboy · Original Jerome Robbins choreography

Whitney Houston — International Tour · Performer / Co-Choreographer

Cher — Heart of Stone Tour · Performer

Ring of Fire — Tour · Johnny Cash

Nobody Lonesome For Me — One-man show · Originated Hank Williams

TELEVISION / FILM / MUSIC VIDEO

In The House — NBC Pilot · Lead / Series Regular · w/ Don Cheadle

Have A Nice Day — NBC Pilot · Series Regular

Michael Jackson — Multiple performances & music videos, including Black or White and Blood on the Dance Floor

Paula Abdul — Cold Hearted · David Fincher, Director

Prince — MTV Special · Live Performance

Annie — Rob Marshall, Director

Cinderella — Rob Marshall, Director

The Muppet Movie — Michael Rooney, Choreographer

Wild Wild West — Barry Sonnenfeld, Director

In Living Color — Multiple episodes

COMMERCIAL / CREATIVE

More than 65 national principal commercial spots.

Mercedes — Spokesman · Multiple spots · Michael Bay, Director

Intel — “Bunny Man” · Global campaigns; later Creative Producer for live appearances

NIKE · Pepsi · Coors · Miller — Selected national campaigns · Joe Pytka, Director

Rascal Flatts — “Why Wait” · Creative Director

Choreography — In Living Color, Whitney Houston Japan Tour, Pam Tillis, Sawyer Brown and others

INTERNATIONAL / BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT

Selected live branded productions conceived, written, produced and directed by Troy Burgess.

SOUNDGRAPHIX · Tokyo — Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer · 1999–2006

Hakuhodo · Dentsu — Long-term agency collaborations

Acura MDX — Launch · Guangzhou China Car Show

NEC — CommunicAsia ’01 & ’02 · Singapore

Toyota — Auto Salon · Tokyo / Osaka / Nagoya

Panasonic — CES · Las Vegas; CeBIT · Germany; CeBIT Bilisim · Turkey

Japan · China · Singapore · Germany · Thailand · Turkey · Italy · United States

A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO SOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS AND CREATORS I'VE WORKED WITH:

Michael Jackson · Whitney Houston · Cher · Paula Abdul · Cyndi Lauper · Elton John · Rascal Flatts · Vincent Paterson · John Landis · Michael Bay · Joe Pytka

PICS / SELECTED MOMENTS