Tyler Bourns has been working professionally since the age of seventeen. The summer of that year he produced and directed a no-budget feature film that went on to win awards at both the Indie Gathering as well as the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.  Later that year, himself and his longtime video partner won the Nevada State Video Skills USA Competition, and then took a Silver at the National Competition. Skills USA is one of the biggest student occupational competitions in the country. That summer, after working on numerous television pilots as a director of photography and editor, he directed a one-hour television special entitled “A Glimpse of Heaven and a Taste of Hell.”  It won a Silver Remi award at WorldFest-Houston, along with a Bronze Telly Award. It aired on PBS in July 08’. Since then he has moved to Burbank, California,  where he has worked on over ninety professional productions in a myriad of capacities. As a Teleprompter operator he was worked on such productions as VH1’s “I Love Money,” David Fincher’s “Stand up to Cancer” PSA featuring Sidney Poitier, “Invitation to the Dance” featuring Jane Seymour, and many others.  As Gaffer, a few of the projects he has worked on include Julia Roberts’ introduction to the award-winning documentary “Darius Goes West,” and the Citizen United Documentaries “Reagan” and “Hype - The Obama Effect.” As a Director of Photography he recently completed work on the TV sitcom pilot “Two for Tee,” and a music video for Hope Wait's single "I'll be Satisfied," just to name a few. He currently works for McNulty-Nielsen Productions in North Hollywood and H & A Productions in Northern Nevada; his current directing projects include  a feature length documentary entitled Cyber Singles: A Dating Odyssey, as well as an educational music video "Yes We Can."

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