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Famous television director James Edward Burrows has an estimated net worth of $600 million. He was born on December 30, 1940, in California, U.S.A. Best known for his comic timing and incorporating lighting shoots in television studios, Burrows gained the name, fame, and money from his famous TVtv shows Taxi, Cheers, Friends, and Will & Grace.

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Burrows completed his graduation from Oberlin College and later joined Yale school of drama. He has also appeared in some of his famous shows, in cameo roles. Married to Debbie Easton for the second time in the year 1997, Burrow earlier divorced Linda Solomon, from whom he has three children.

The most honored television director ever in history, Burrows has been nominated for Emmy Awards 24 times since 1980, only excluding the year 1997 and 2004, he won the award five times. Burrows enjoys his work, he says its fun doing comedy shows and will keep directing great shows.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2017

Sale of Asset

Selling price of James Burrows' one-bedroom and one-bathroom pied-à-terre apartment in a hallowed, celeb-favored pre-war building in Greenwich Village on New York City’s tony lower Fifth Avenue

$6,750,000

2016

Salary

Estimated salary for every episode of the television show Will & Grace as the show's director

$500,000

2015

Asset

Purchase value of James Burrows' one-bedroom and one-bathroom pied-à-terre apartment in a hallowed, celeb-favored pre-war building in Greenwich Village on New York City’s tony lower Fifth Avenue

$4,200,000

1982

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Partners as the film's director

$6,060,000