Acting
Dorian Burks
Buffalo, NY
Dorian Burks is an actor, born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and living in Los Angeles. He's recently appeared in films "The Butterfly Queen," a woodsy dark fantasy, and "The Lifeguard", a dramedy set in Cape Cod. He first explored acting via theatre, leading in plays and musicals such as "In the Heights" and "West Side Story." He is a graduate of the Ruskin School of Acting Meisner Technique Professional Program and has studied with Amy Lyndon and at The Groundlings, and holds degrees in biology and public health from MIT and Boston University.
Acting credits
NRIn the wake of a mysterious family death, a couple's night of mourning is interrupted by a strange delivery containing an antique dollhouse and a terrifying tale about its lone occupant.
JC Bratton's Dollhouse
2026
5.0Casey (a nonbinary sheep farmer/cartoonist) and Robin (basically a vagabond) are lost in a magical forest, struggling to find Casey’s sketchbook so they can get the heck back home. Unfortunately, The Butterfly Queen wants the sketchbook too, and A) she’s clever, B) she’s desperate and C) she makes the rules.
The Butterfly Queen
2022
Wag is a 15 minute short fantasy melodrama film about Julie: a driven young woman, who finds her picture-perfect marriage exploding when her unemployed husband, Erik, admits that he’s having an emotional affair with the Dog. While her disbelief spirals into heartbreak, Erik hires the Hand Model to teach her how to pet the dog better. But only an enigmatic Dog Whisperer may model newfound forgiveness and intimacy between the fractured couple.
Wag
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