🎬Prison Break is an American television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The film revolves around two brothers Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller); Burrows is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, while Scofield devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and exonerate him. Along with creator Paul Scheuring, the series is executive produced by Matt Olmstead, Kevin Hooks, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Neal H. Moritz and Brett Ratner, who directed the pilot episode.