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Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the tight, crinkly hair was born in Queens, New York on October 19, 1966, the only child of Madeleine (Balkoff), an elementary school teacher, and Charles Favreau, a special education teacher. His father has French-Canadian, German, and Italian ancestry, and his mother was from a Russian Jewish family. He attended the Bronx High School of Science before furthering his studies at Queens College in 1984. Dropping out just credits away from receiving his degree, Jon moved to Chicago where he focused on comedy and performed at several Chicago improvisational theaters, including the ImprovOlympic and the Improv Institute. He also found a couple of bit parts in films.
While there, he earned another bit role in the film, Rudy (1993), and met fellow cast mate Vince Vaughn. Their enduring personal friendship would play an instrumental role in furthering both their professional careers within just a few years. Jon broke into TV with a role on the classic series, Seinfeld (1989) (as "Eric the Clown"). After filming rudimentary roles in the movies Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Notes from Underground (1995) and Batman Forever (1995), he decided to do some risk taking by writing himself and friend Vaughn into what would become their breakthrough film. Swingers (1996), which he also co-produced, centers on Jon as a luckless, struggling actor type who is emotionally shattered after losing his girlfriend, but is pushed back into the L.A. social scene via the help of cool, worldly, outgoing actor/buddy Vaughn. These two blueprint roles went on to define the character types of both actors on film.
In 1997, Jon appeared favorably on several episodes of the popular TV sitcom, Friends (1994), as "Pete Becker", the humdrum but extremely wealthy suitor for Courteney Cox's "Monica" character, and also appeared to fine advantage on the Tracey Takes On... (1996) comedy series. He later took on the biopic mini-movie, Rocky Marciano (1999), portraying the prizefighter himself in a highly challenging dramatic role and received excellent reviews. Other engagingly offbeat "everyman" films roles came Jon's way -- the ex-athlete in the working class film, Dogtown (1997); a soon-to-be groom whose bachelor party goes horribly awry in the comedy thriller Very Bad Things (1998); a newlywed opposite Famke Janssen in Love & Sex (2000); a wild and crazy linebacker in The Replacements (2000); as Ben Affleck's legal partner in Daredevil (2003); and another down-and-out actor in The Big Empty (2003). He wrote and directed himself and Vaughn as two fellow boxers who involve themselves in criminal activity in Made (2001). Both he and Vaughn produced. He also directed the highly popular Will Ferrell comedy Elf (2003), in which he had a small part.
Jon went on to re-team favorably with his friend, Vince Vaughn, who enjoyed a meteoric rise into the comedy star ranks, in such light-weight features as The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008) and Couples Retreat (2009), the last of which he co-wrote with Vaughn.
Jon has made even greater strides as a writer, producer and/or director in recent years with the exciting mega-box office action-packed Iron Man (2008), starring Robert Downey Jr., and its sequels, Iron Man 2 (2010) and Iron Man 3 (2013). Jon's character of "Happy Hogan" would be featured in a number of Marvel Comic adventures. Other offerings behind the scenes have included the adventure dramedy Chef (2014), in which he also starred in the title role; the revamped film version of The Avengers (2012) also starring Downey Jr., and it's sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019); and the animated Disney features The Jungle Book (2016) and The Lion King (2019) and the TV series The Chef Show (2019).
Favreau's marriage to Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000, produced son Max and two daughters, Madeleine and Brighton Rose. Joya is the niece of KGO (AM) lawyer and talk show host, Len Tillem. On the sly, the actor/writer/producer/director enjoys playing on the World Poker Tour.- Producer
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Michele Fazekas is a writer, producer, and showrunner. She is the co-founder and executive of Fazekas & Butters, a television production and development company. She is known for producing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Gen V (2023), Agent Carter (2015), Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017), Emergence (2019). She served as the co-showrunner for Prime Video's Gen V (2023) with business partner Tara Butters, a spin-off of the superhero series The Boys (2019).- Producer
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Tara Butters was born on 17 January 1972 in San Diego, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Reaper (2007) and Gen V (2023). She is married to Marc Guggenheim. They have two children.- Producer
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Norman Lear enjoyed a long career in television and film, political and social activism, and philanthropy.
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear flew 52 combat missions over Europe in World War II before beginning his television career. His classic shows of the 1970s and '80s - All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, among others - collectively reached as many as 120 million viewers per week and are said to have transformed the American cultural landscape, bringing the social and political issues of the day into American living rooms for the first time. With the rise of the radical religious right, Lear put his career on hold in 1980 to found People For the American Way, the nonprofit organization that remains a relevant and effective force defending all aspects of the First Amendment.
Lear was among the first seven television pioneers inducted in 1984 into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In 1999, President Clinton presented him with the National Medal of Arts, noting that "Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it." His memoir, Even This I Get to Experience, was published in 2014, and the 2016 documentary Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You received an Emmy nomination as the representative program for the PBS American Masters series. In 2017, Lear received a Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award and was a Kennedy Center Honoree.
He was the father of six, the grandfather of four, and the husband of Lyn Davis Lear.- Writer
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Danny Jacobson is known for Roseanne (1988), Grease Live on Broadway (1978) and Mad About You (1992). He has been married to Amy Rosenbaum Jacobson since 31 July 1988. They have two children.- Producer
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Kenny Schwartz is known for Modern Family (2009), Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998) and American Dad! (2005).- Producer
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Rick Wiener is known for Modern Family (2009), Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998) and American Dad! (2005).- Producer
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Steven Levitan was born on 6 April 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Modern Family (2009), Just Shoot Me! (1997) and Stark Raving Mad (1999). He has been married to Krista Schmuck since 28 November 1992. They have three children.- Producer
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Roberto Orci was born on 20 July 1973 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a producer and writer, known for Star Trek (2009), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Fringe (2008). He has been married to Adele Heather Taylor since 6 June 2020. He was previously married to Melissa Blake.- Writer
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John Rogers was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Catwoman (2004), The Core (2003) and Leverage: Redemption (2021).- Producer
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Chris Downey is a former criminal defense attorney in New York and a reporter covering crime and government for a newspaper on the Gulf Coast of Florida. In TV, Downey began his career in half-hour comedies, including LATELINE, WHAT ABOUT JOAN and six seasons on THE KING OF QUEENS. He transitioned into one hour drama when he co-created (with John Rogers) the caper series LEVERAGE for TNT. Downey has been an Executive Producer on TNT's KING & MAXWELL, USA's SUITS, the upcoming SUITS spinoff PEARSON and UNSOLVED: THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Downey has also branched in to science fiction writing for Fox's ALMOST HUMAN and SyFy's INCORPORATED.- Writer
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Jaime Paglia is a writer/producer/show-runner whose credits include, Eureka, the longest-running original scripted series in Syfy Channel's history. He was the executive producer and co-show-runner of Scream: The Television Series for MTV, adapted from the feature film franchise released by Dimension Films and The Weinstein Company. Paglia also served as a co-executive producer on The Flash for The CW. He has developed projects with Kapital Entertainment, Starz, Dark Horse Entertainment, Fox Television, ABC Studios, Universal Cable Productions, TNT, New Line Cinema, The Canton Company, Weed Road Pictures, and MGM Television, among others.- Actor
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As a seasoned actor, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian, Paul Reiser continues to add to his list of accomplishments. In addition to co-creating and starring on the critically acclaimed NBC series, Mad About You (1992), which garnered him Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, his successes also include his book, "Couplehood", which sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on "The New York Times" best-seller list, and "Babyhood", his follow-up book, which features his trademark humorous take on the adventures of being a first-time father, which also made "The New York Times" best-seller list. He also wrote follow-up bestseller Familyhood.
Born and raised in New York City, Reiser was drawn to Greenwich Village clubs, which featured, among others, George Carlin, Robert Klein and David Steinberg. He subsequently attended college at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he majored in music (piano and composition) and participated in drama classes. During his university years, he was active in student theater productions at the Hinman Little Theater, an on-campus community theater organization located in Hinman College, his dorm community. Reiser later began performing as a comedian at the Improv and Comic Strip during university summer breaks.
Remembered for notable performances in films, such as Diner (1982), Aliens (1986), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Marrying Man (1991), Bye Bye Love (1995) and One Night at McCool's (2001). More recently, he starred in two original movies for Showtime - Strange Relations (2001) opposite Julie Walters, Chazz Palminteri's Women vs. Men (2002), opposite Joe Mantegna and Christine Lahti. His first original screenplay also became his next film The Thing About My Folks (2005), also starring Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis and Elizabeth Perkins.
Reiser's development company, "Nuance Productions", has produced several projects for NBC television including, My 11:30 (2004), starring Jeff Goldblum and Donna Murphy - which Reiser co-wrote with Steven Sater. Also in the works - for the Showtime cable network - is a mock-documentary about "The Smothers Brothers" and their battles with television network censorship in the late 1960s. Since then, he has maintained a lower profile, working more as an executive producer and writer than as an actor.
In 2003, Reiser made his stage debut in Woody Allen's directorial play debut Writer's Block. He also paired with Steven Soderbergh to star in the Amazon Original Series Red Oaks.
Reiser tours the country performing to sold-out venues and was recently voted one of Comedy Central's "Top 100 Comedians of All Time."- Writer
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Peter Tolan was born on 5 July 1958 in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Rescue Me (2004), The Larry Sanders Show (1992) and America's Sweethearts (2001).- Producer
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Jeff Rake was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for The $treet (2000), The Tomorrow People (2013) and Manifest (2018).- Writer
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Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alan Moore.
Gaiman also wrote episodes of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, during Matt Smith's as the Doctor.- Producer
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Allan Heinberg was born on 29 June 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Allan is a producer and writer, known for The Sandman (2022), Wonder Woman (2017) and The Catch (2016).- Producer
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Brad Wright was born on 2 May 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for Stargate: Atlantis (2004), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and The Outer Limits (1995).- Writer
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David S. Goyer was born on 22 December 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Dark Knight (2008) and Flashforward (2009). He is married to Marina Black. They have two children. He was previously married to Jessika Borsiczky.- Actor
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Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised outside of Columbus, Ohio, John worked for many years as an actor in theatre, television and film. He began a successful feature screenwriting career ("Indianapolis", "Queen of the Jews, aka Queen Bess", "The Last of Sheila") after moving to Los Angeles in 1991 and made his writing/directing feature debut with MGM and Jim Henson Pictures' Good Boy (2003).- Writer
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Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic shop of Disney's Fantasyland, and while there he learned magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals. At Santa Ana College, he took classes in drama and English poetry. He also took part in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre, and joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm. He attended California State University as a philosophy major, but in 1967 transferred to UCLA as a theatre major.
His writing career began on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), winning him an Emmy Award. Between 1967 and 1973, he also wrote for many other shows, including The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971). He also appeared on talk shows and comedy shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972, he first appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), doing stand-up several times each year, and even guest hosting a few years later. In 1976, he served for the first time as guest-host on Saturday Night Live (1975). By 2016, he has guest-hosted 15 times, which is one less than Alec Baldwin's record, and also appeared 12 other times on SNL.
In 1977, he released his first comedy album, a platinum selling "Let's Get Small". He followed it with "A Wild and Crazy Guy" (1978), which sold more than a million copies. Both albums went on to win Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. This is when he performed in arenas in front of tens of thousands of people, and begun his movie career, which was always his goal. His first major role was in the short film, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977), which he also wrote. His star value was established in The Jerk (1979), which was co-written by Martin, and directed by Carl Reiner. The film earned more than $100 million on a $4 million budget. He also starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), and All of Me (1984), all directed by Reiner. To avoid being typecast as a comedian, he wanted do more dramatic roles, starring in Pennies from Heaven (1981), a film remake of Dennis Potter's 1978 series. Unfortunately, it was a financial failure.
He also starred in John Landis's Three Amigos! (1986), co-written by himself, opposite Martin Short and Chevy Chase. That year, he also appeared in the musical horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors (1986) opposite Rick Moranis. Next year, he starred in Roxanne (1987), co-written by himself, and in John Hughes' Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), opposite John Candy. His other films include Parenthood (1989) and My Blue Heaven (1990), both opposite Moranis. In 1991, he wrote and starred in L.A. Story (1991), about a weatherman who searches meaning in his life and love in Los Angeles. It also starred his then-wife, Victoria Tennant. Same year, Father of the Bride (1991) was so successful that a 1995 sequel followed.
During the 1990s, he continued to play more dramatic roles, in Grand Canyon (1991), playing a traumatized movie producer, in Leap of Faith (1992), playing a fake faith healer, in A Simple Twist of Fate (1994), playing a betrayed man adopting a baby, and in David Mamet's thriller The Spanish Prisoner (1997). Other, more comedic roles include in HouseSitter (1992) and The Out-of-Towners (1999), opposite Goldie Hawn, in Nora Ephron's Mixed Nuts (1994), and in Bowfinger (1999), written by himself and co-starring Eddie Murphy. After Bowfinger, he starred in Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), both earning more than $130 million. He wrote and starred in Shopgirl (2005), and appeared in the sequel of Cheaper by the Dozen. After them, he appeared in The Pink Panther (2006) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009), which he both co-wrote, as Inspector Clouseau.
He continues to do movies, more recently appearing in The Big Year (2011), Home (2015), and Love the Coopers (2015). Besides aforementioned, he has been an avid art collector since 1968, written plays, written for The New Yorker, written a well-received memoir (Born Standing Up), written a novel (An Object of Beauty; 2010), hosted the Academy Awards three times, released a Grammy award winning music album (The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo; 2009), and another album (Love Has Come For You; 2013) with Edie Brickell. Since 2007, he has been married to Anne Stringfield, with whom he has a daughter.- Writer
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Simon Rich was born in 1984 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for An American Pickle (2020), Miracle Workers (2019) and Saturday Night Live (1975).- Producer
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Alex Kurtzman is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed People Like Us and the panned 2017 reboot The Mummy starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella. He wrote Transformers 1 and 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Star Trek, The Island and Cowboys & Aliens. He also created the TV show Fringe.- Producer
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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990). He went on to write and produce Regarding Henry (1991) and Forever Young (1992). He also co-wrote Gone Fishin' (1997) with Mazursky. Along with other Sarah Lawrence alumni, he experimented with computer animation and was contracted to develop pre-production animation for Shrek (2001).
Abrams worked on the screenplay for Armageddon (1998) and co-created (as well as composing the opening theme of) Felicity (1998), which ran for four seasons. He founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001 with Bryan Burk. He created and executive-produced Alias (2001) and Lost (2004), composing the theme music for both, and co-writing episodes of "Lost". He also co-wrote and produced thriller Joy Ride (2001). He made his feature directing debut with Mission: Impossible III (2006), reinvigorating the series. He produced the hit mystery film Cloverfield (2008) and co-created Fringe (2008).
He directed the Star Trek (2009) reboot, proving successful with fans and newcomers to the franchise. He next directed Super 8 (2011), co-produced by Steven Spielberg and produced Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). He returned to direct the follow-up to his reboot, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Disney and Lucasfilm announced J.J. as their choice for director of the first episode in the new 'Star Wars' trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He initially resisted, as he didn't want to travel away from his family to London, but Kathleen Kennedy convinced him that his voice would be the best to reinvigorate this franchise, as he had done with two others before. He also produced Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Star Trek Beyond (2016), and executive-produced Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow would no longer direct Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it was announced that J.J. would return to complete the trilogy he started.- Writer
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Peter S. Fischer was born on 10 August 1935 in Queens, New York, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Law and Harry McGraw (1987) and Columbo (1971). He was married to Lucille Warnock . He died on 30 October 2023 in Pacific Grove, California, USA.- Writer
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Richard Levinson was born on 7 August 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Columbo (1971), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Rehearsal for Murder (1982). He was married to Rosanna Huffman. He died on 12 March 1987 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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William Link was born on 15 December 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Columbo (1971), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Rehearsal for Murder (1982). He was married to Margery Nelson. He died on 27 December 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Eric Kripke is an American writer and television producer. He came to prominence as the creator of The CW fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005-2020), where he served as show-runner during the first five seasons. Kripke also created the post-apocalyptic drama series Revolution (2012-2014) and co-created the science fiction series Timeless (2016-2018). Since 2019, he has served as show-runner of the superhero series The Boys, which he developed for Amazon Prime Video.- Writer
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Susan Harris was born on 28 October 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Soap (1977), The Golden Girls (1985) and It Takes Two (1982). She was previously married to Paul Junger Witt and Berkeley Harris.- Writer
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Jerry Adelman was born on 10 January 1910 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jerry was a writer and production manager, known for Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967) and Meet Corliss Archer (1954). Jerry died on 22 November 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Daniel Gregory Browne was born on 31 May 1945 in New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967) and Sons and Daughters (1974). He died on 26 January 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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Josh Goldsmith was born in 1970. He is known for The King of Queens (1998), What Men Want (2019) and 13 Going on 30 (2004). He is married to Cathy Yuspa.- Producer
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Cathy Yuspa was born in 1971. She is known for The King of Queens (1998), What Men Want (2019) and 13 Going on 30 (2004). She is married to Josh Goldsmith.- Art Department
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Mitch Schauer started sketching at the young age of 18 months. In early childhood, his favorite thing to draw was telephone poles in perspective. He was back and forth between Oklahoma and California with his career and eventually moved to Germany to work for Berlin Animation Film. His animation career extends from star fairies and pound puppies in the early 80s all the way to Angry Beavers in the late 90s. He now resides in California with his wife, Cindy, daughter, Stacy, and son, Robert.- Writer
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Keith Kaczorek was born on 18 April 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Angry Beavers (1997), Lady Avenger (1988) and Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2012).- Writer
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Bruno Heller was born in 1960 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Rome (2005), The Mentalist (2008) and Gotham (2014).- Writer
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Travis Beacham is known for Pacific Rim (2013), Impact Winter (2022) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018).- Producer
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After graduating with a degree in History from Duke University in 1984, Rene Echevarria moved to New York City to pursue a career in theater. He joined the Circle Repertory Lab Company in 1985, where he assistant directed a production of Victor Muniz' play "Darts", and acted in a production of Gorky's "Lower Depths". In 1986, he acted in Kristin McCloy's play "Isosceles" at the Chelsea Theater, and in 1987, he was seen in the La Mama Theater adaptation of Aeschuylus' "Oresteia". He collaborated with Kristin McCloy on the full-length play "Prepared", which was presented at the World's End Theater in London during 1988, and went on to be performed at that year's Edinburgh Festival. In 1989, he wrote a spec script for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' called "The Offspring". He became a Story Editor for the show's sixth season, and Executive Story Editor during its seventh and final season, for which the show received an Emmy Nomination for Best Dramatic Series. Echevarria then took the job of Co-Supervising Producer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). His 30-plus episodes of Star Trek have won him a Humanitas nomination, a Peabody nomination, two Hugo nominations, and a NASA Vision award for best depiction of humanity's future in space. In 1994, he received a Special Achievement award from the Latino Media Organization HAMAS.
With fellow Star Trek Producer 'Ken Biller', he developed the scenario for _Star Trek: The Experience (1998)_, a theme park attraction built by Paramount Parks at the Las Vegas Hilton. In 1999-2000, Echevarria was supervising producing on Paramount's short-lived but critically praised Now and Again (1999) on CBS. In July 2000, he signed on as co-executive producer of Dark Angel (2000) the science fiction series created by James Cameron for the Fox network, as part of an overall multiyear deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop new projects for the studio.- Actor
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Chris Demarais is a writer, director and actor best known for his work on Day 5, Lazer Team, Immersion, The Gauntlet and Social Disorder. He is a cast member and head writer at Rooster Teeth Productions, and often guest stars in the entertainment company's other shows such as The RT Podcast, Immersion, On the Spot, and RT Shorts.- Writer
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Josh Flanagan was born on 5 January 1984 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Day 5 (2016), Arizona Circle (2018) and The Eleven Little Roosters (2017).- Producer
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Burnie Burns is an American film producer, animated filmmaker known for his Machinima work on the Red vs. Blue series. Also an actor, he appeared in the 2015 movie The Outfield. He joined the cast of The Amazing Race in season 28. He is also one of the co-founders of Rooster Teeth Productions. He also is a comedian, host, and director living in Austin, Texas. He is a co-founder, former chief executive officer, and current chief creative officer of Rooster Teeth. He was a voice actor for The Strangerhood, Halo 3, and P.A.N.I.C.S. His work on 2010's Immersion earned him an IAWTV award for Best Hosted Taped Web Series.
In April 2003, Burns, along with several friends and co-workers, created the Internet Machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles. Filmed using the video game Halo, Red vs. Blue was acclaimed for its humor and originality, making Burns an Internet celebrity. His success allowed him to co-found the production company Rooster Teeth. After the immediate popularity of Red vs. Blue, Burns attracted the attention of video game company Electronic Arts, who asked him to create a promotional series using their upcoming game, The Sims 2. The result was The Strangerhood. Burns also premiered P.A.N.I.C.S., a mini-series that utilizes the F.E.A.R. game engine. In 2016, Burns starred in the science fiction comedy film Lazer Team, which he co-wrote.
As one of the innovators in the field of machinima, he has made guest appearances at the Penny Arcade Expo, San Diego Comic-Con International, Sundance and The Sydney Film Festival. For his work on Immersion (2010), a live action series that tests video game tropes in the real world, and The Gauntlet (2013), Rooster Teeth's reality game show, he has been nominated for two IAWTV awards in the "Best Host of a Web Series (Pre-Recorded)" category. He was named one of the "Top 25 Digital Stars" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2015.
Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns was born in Rochester, New York on January 18, 1973 and grew up in Houston, Texas. The son of a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun, Burnie's early life was directed toward the medical profession. His father was a Physics professor who worked on the Desertron Super Collider. He is one quarter French-Canadian.[10] The nickname "Burnie" was given to him by an Alief Elsik High School senior to separate him from the many Michaels in his class. Burns' determination to pursue a medical career led him to become a member of HOSA. Half of his senior year consisted of clinical rotations at Southwest Memorial Hospital . As a state champion in medical terminology, he focused his academic career in high school on attending the University of Notre Dame. After high school, he attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. While there, Burns got his start in video production by volunteering at K29HW-D, Texas Student Television. During his time with TSTV, he founded Sneak Peek, the longest-running student television program in the world, in which he reviewed films and conducted interviews with guests such as Adam Sandler.
Burns went on to become the president of the tech support company teleNetwork Partners, and eventually broke out to form his independent company Rooster Teeth.
When his family couldn't afford to send him after his acceptance, Burnie chose instead to attend the University of Texas. While there, his studies led him to switch his focus from pre-med to computer science. In his free time, he dabbled in film. At Texas Student Television, a student-produced television station out of the university, he founded the longest-running student program in the world, Sneak Peek, where he reviewed movies, discussed entertainment news and even interviewed a young Adam Sandler. In his final year of university, Burns was intent on making a movie. Joel Heyman and Matt Hullum, who were roommates at the time, agreed to help, with the former agreeing to star and the latter helping write, produce and direct. They shot The Schedule (1997) over a three-month period on 16mm film for $9,000.
urns became frustrated with the difficult distribution process and the film only screened in a few festivals. Soon after, the trio parted ways. Heyman and Hullum went to Los Angeles, while Burns accepted a position at a local tech support company.
There, he met his co-workers and future Red vs. Blue collaborators Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola. In June 2002, Burns teamed up with his colleagues to create their first viral video, a Mac Gamer Switch parody.
Burnie wrote and directed his first feature film, The Schedule (1997), in his final year of university with his friends and future Red Vs. Blue partners Joel Heyman and Matt Hullum. After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science he accepted the position of President of teleNetwork. There, his co-workers included future RvB collaborators Dan Godwin, Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola. In 2003 he started the hit web series Red Vs. Blue and founded Rooster Teeth Productions. Burnie lives in Austin, TX and is a member of the International Academy of Web Television.- Writer
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Michelle King was born on 11 May 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Good Wife (2009), Evil (2019) and The Good Fight (2017). She is married to Robert King.- Writer
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Robert King was born on 10 December 1959 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Good Wife (2009), Evil (2019) and The Good Fight (2017). He is married to Michelle King.- Writer
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Natalie Abrams is a dynamic and enthusiastic queer writer most known for co-creating the series Gotham Knights for The CW. Abrams started out as an entertainment journalist for outlets such as TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly, where she also co-hosted Sirius XM's weekly live radio show Superhero Insider.
Having grown up being impacted by the stories she'd obsessively watch on TV, Abrams traded in her decade-long reporting career with a goal of having that same impact on others. Abrams became a writers' assistant on All American, where she wrote and produced her first episode of television. After that, she penned a freelance episode of Supergirl before being staffed on Batwoman, where she worked her way up to Executive Story Editor and penned a Batwoman tie-in comic for DC Comics.
From there, Abrams made the jump to creator. With Berlanti Productions, she helped pen the DC Comics adaptation of Gotham Knights for WBTV and CW. Natalie was recently honored as a graduate of the highly acclaimed WGA Showrunner Training Program. An avid comic book reader, with an astute ability to decipher the intricacies of even the most puzzling genre shows, Abrams strives to tell diverse stories that feature authentic queer representation.- Producer
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Chad Fiveash was born on 11 March 1972 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Chad is a producer and writer, known for Switched at Birth (2011), Gotham Knights (2023) and Batwoman (2019).- Producer
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James Patrick Stoteraux is known for Switched at Birth (2011), Gotham Knights (2023) and Batwoman (2019).- Writer
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Self professed Star Trek geek who watched and loved the Trek series "Deep Space Nine" and set out to write for them. At the time, Star Trek had an open script submission policy and Fuller contributed a spec, leading to a pitching opportunity. When he had sold a couple of stories to Deep Space Nine, Fuller was hired to be a full staff writer for sister Trek series "Voyager" in its fourth season. He worked on Voyager for the remainder of its seven-year run, working his way up to co-producer of the series.
During the last year of Voyager, Fuller delivered the pilot spec for "Dead Like Me" to his agent who immediately sold it. "Dead Like Me" was canceled after two seasons, but Fuller was a trusted commodity at this point and moved on to create the short-lived but critically acclaimed "Wonderfalls".
Fuller has had a meteoric career in television and has worked non-stop since first pitching to Deep Space Nine in 1993. He wrote and produced an animated movie with Mike Mignola called "The Amazing Screw-On Head". He then moved on to co-executive produce and write for "Heroes" which became a smash hit. Even though it got picked up for a second season Fuller left the show to create his critically acclaimed new show "Pushing Daisies".- Producer
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Peter M. Lenkov was born on 9 May 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for R.I.P.D. (2013), Demolition Man (1993) and 24 (2001). He is married to Audie England. They have four children.- Writer
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Leonard Freeman was born on 31 October 1920 in Sonoma County, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Route 66 (1960) and Hang 'Em High (1968). He was married to Joan Taylor. He died on 20 January 1974 in Palo Alto, California, USA.- Writer
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Marc Cherry was born on 23 March 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Desperate Housewives (2004), Devious Maids (2013) and The Golden Girls (1985).- Writer
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Bruce Helford was born on 28 January 1952. He is a writer and producer, known for The Conners (2018), Roseanne (1988) and Wanda at Large (2003).- Actor
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Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team while majoring in sports management. He realized after three years that this wasn't the path for him. After returning home, he decided to break up the monotony of the summer, and joined a community theater. During a play in which he had a comedic role, he so enjoyed the crowd reaction, that he joined his brother's (comedian Gary Valentine's) improv group. He began going to clubs with Gary and realized he, too, had the knack for comedy. He has performed stand-up up for about 11 years. It was on the comedy circuit that he met Ray Romano. While Ray was getting a big break with his own sitcom, Kevin was getting recognition on Star Search (1983). After appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), his big break came at the 1996 "Just for Laughs" Montreal Comedy Festival. Afterward, he landed a recurring role on Ray's sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
He starred in his own sitcom, The King of Queens (1998), as Doug Heffernan, from 1998 to 2007, and later began a career as a leading film actor, co-starring in Hitch (2005), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), Grown Ups (2010), and Grown Ups 2 (2013), and headlining Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011), Here Comes the Boom (2012), and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015).- Producer
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After a decade of performing stand up comedy and making many national television appearances, Rock Reuben got his big break -- landing a writing job on the hit CBS sitcom "King of Queens," ultimately rising to the rank of Executive Producer. After the shows amazing nine-year run, Rock created the web series "Dusty Peacock" for Crackle and wrote several pilots of his own - including co-creating the CBS sitcom "Kevin Can Wait," which ran for two seasons. Rock has also worked on the feature side, co-writing movies "Zookeeper" and "Here Comes The Boom" and has several scripts currently in development. Rock is married to his lovely wife Tania Reuben, has three children, three Pitbulls, and a Bearded Dragon. Rock spends most of his free time working with various dog rescues, often fostering and training dogs with behavioral issues.- Producer
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Glenn Ficarra is known for I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), Cats & Dogs (2001) and This Is Us (2016).- Producer
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Ron Koslow was born on 9 April 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1987), My Life and Times (1991) and Moonlight (2007).- Writer
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TREVOR MUNSON grew up in Texas where he earned an M.A. in English Literature from Texas State University. After graduating with honors, he moved to Los Angeles with the goal of pursuing a career as a Hollywood screenwriter.
Trevor got his first job writing a television movie for Fox based on the real-life theft of seventeen million dollars from Loomis Fargo. That same year his spec script, Lone Star State of Mind starring Josh Jackson and Jamie King and John Cougar Mellencamp, was made by Sony ScreenGems.
Trevor's next assignment was adapting John Welter's novel "I Want to Buy a Vowel" for New Line Cinema.
Soon after, he adapted his debut novel Angel of Vengeance into a pilot script that was the basis for the CBS television series "Moonlight" starring Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) for which he served as co-creator and co-Executive Producer. The series won the People's Choice award for Best New Drama.
Trevor has subsequently pitched and sold several other television projects to ABC, Sony, and NBC.
In 2016, his children's book Fletcher Freek and the Voodoo Guru was optioned by The Disney Channel to be developed as a live-action movie which he wrote in conjunction with Meg LaFauve (Inside Out).
Most recently, Trevor went back to Texas to shoot his indie horror feature, Grandma's House (2018), which was produced by Robert Rodriguez and the El Rey network, and began writing a new action/comedy feature based on the comic book Noble for Mark Gordon Co/E1.
On top of his busy writing career, Trevor also believes in making time to share his years of knowledge and expertise with a younger generation of writers and filmmakers. In addition to consulting on scripts and leading targeted writing workshops, he teaches a thesis prep writing class at the highly esteemed University of Southern California.- Producer
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Hart Hanson is creator and show-runner of the Fox television series Bones and The Finder. Prior to creating Bones and The Finder, Hart was Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated CBS tv series Judging Amy followed by Joan of Arcadia which won the HUMANITAS, Peoples's Choice Award, and the AFI Program of the Year Award. Hart was Co-Excecutive Producer of the ABC series Cupid and Snoops.
Hart has worked under a longtime overall deal with 20th Century Fox. Before moving to the United States a decade ago, Hart wrote and produced a number of indigenous Canadian series including Beachcombers, North of 60, The Odyssey, Ready or Not, The Road to Avonlea, Cold Squad, Stargate, The Outer Limits, garnering several Gemini nominations and four wins along the way. Hart won the Writers Guild of Canada Award for best writing in a television series for Traders and then executive produced the multi-award winning seasons Two through Four. Pilots written for 20th Century Fox include: Palm City, Expert Witness, Zuma, Buzz, and Pleading Guilty.
Hart graduated from University College, University of Toronto, with degrees in Political Theory and English and received his Master degrees in Political Theory and English and received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. He taught as an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He lives with his wife Brigitte and two sons in Malibu.- Writer
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Samuel Baum was born in 1976 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Lie to Me (2009), The Evidence (2006) and The Irrational (2023). He has been married to Amy Elizabeth Cooper since 11 October 2009.- Writer
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Joshua Brand was born in Queens, New York, USA. He is an American television writer, director, and producer known for creating St. Elsewhere, A Year in the Life, Northern Exposure, and I'll Fly Away with his writing-and-producing partner John Falsey. He is currently a writer and consulting producer for FX's The Americans.- Writer
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John Falsey was born on 6 November 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Northern Exposure (1990), I'll Fly Away (1991) and St. Elsewhere (1982). He was married to Julie and Kathy Suzanne Mynes. He died on 3 January 2019 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA.- Producer
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Todd Harthan was born on 27 August 1976 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Rosewood (2015), The Resident (2018) and The Kill Point (2007).- Producer
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Steve Franks was creator, writer, and executive producer of the USA Network original series Psych.
A southern California native, Franks earned a BA in English from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 while also doing stand-up comedy and fronting the popular Orange County band, Friendly Indians. While a graduate student in the film department of Loyola Marymount University, Franks career was launched when his first screenplay, "Big Daddy" was purchased by Columbia Pictures as a vehicle for Adam Sandler, and went on to gross more than 160 million dollars domestically.
On the heels of this success, Franks went on to create and work on more than a dozen other feature film projects, including the action/comedy "Skiptracer" for producer Neal Moritz and Sony Pictures, and the feature version of "I Dream of Jeannie."
On the television side, Franks has been involved in numerous projects for ABC, CBS, and NBC networks. A fan for many years of classic, light detective shows like "Moonlighting" and "Magnum P.I.," Franks created a character this year who shares a similar tone - a psychic detective who has no psychic abilities. Thus Psych was born.
Franks resides in Orange County with his wife and children.- Actor
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A graduate of UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television, Sanchez was born in Los Angeles to Cuban immigrants and raised in Palm Desert, California. In 1991 he co-founded Buffalo Nights Theater Company which consistently produced vibrant theater in Los Angeles for over 15 years.
In addition to his recurring appearances on CBS's top rated NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Get Shorty, his television work includes Series Regular roles on Steven Spielberg's SeaQuest DSV, and Walker, Texas Ranger, as well as numerous Guest Star appearances on shows such as Training Day, Lucifer and MacGyver,
His film performances include The Rookie (with Dennis Quaid), The Last Debate (directed by John Badham), and the J.J. Abrams directed: Super 8 and Star Trek 2: Into Darkness.
Marco currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, and daughter.- Writer
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Damon Lindelof was born on 24 April 1973 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Lost (2004), The Leftovers (2014) and Watchmen (2019). He has been married to Heidi Fugeman since 28 May 2005. They have one child.- Writer
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Cal Coons is known for Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017) and Blue Murder (2001).- Writer
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- Darcy Campbell is known for Tom Works Nights (2012), Big News from Grand Rock (2014) and Murdoch Mysteries (2008).
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Lee David Zlotoff was born on 10 July 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Spitfire Grill (1996), MacGyver (1985) and Remington Steele (1982).- Writer
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Eric Amadio is an Italian-American writer, director, and producer, known for Snowfall (2017), After Sex (2007) and Stuntmen (2009). Born in Southeast Los Angeles and raised during the height of violence in the crack-fueled 80's and 90's, Eric had his first essay published at the age of 10, went on to write for local music publication Rock City News at 16, then worked as an electronic music producer/DJ from ages 18-23 before beginning his career in film and television. Deeply rooted in Los Angeles, his grandfather, an undocumented immigrant from Italy, opened one of the first Italian-American owned photo studios in Downtown LA in the 1940's, his mother grew up in the middle of the 1950's car-culture in Bell, and Eric's formative years were spent immersed in the various 80's/90's subcultures of hip hop, skateboarding, basketball, and crime, all elements that can be found in his work.- Producer
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Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three writing awards from the university, which led to a contract with Creative Artists Agency during his sophomore year. Columbia Pictures bought his script for Boyz n the Hood (1991) and budgeted it at $7 million. Singleton noted that much of the story comes from his own experiences in South Central LA and credited his parents with keeping him off the street.- Producer
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Dave Andron is known for Justified (2010), Snowfall (2017) and Justified: City Primeval (2023). He has been married to Ahna O'Reilly since 2020.- Writer
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John Logan was a playwright in Chicago for ten years before writing, on spec, his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday." He won the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for his play RED, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and the Golden Theatre on Broadway.- Producer
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Janet Tamaro is a writer, show runner and series creator. She created "Rizzoli & Isles," TNT's long-running, hit female cop show. She served as EP/show runner for 4 seasons and was named one of Variety's Top 50 show runners three years in a row. She has sold multiple pilots: to Amazon, 20th/Fox, Lifetime and HBO. Her current projects include the suspense-thriller one-hour dramatic series, "Hawk" (based on the Dean Koontz "Jane Hawk" book series) with Anonymous Content and Paramount TV Studios, and "The Gulf," based on her original screenplay for Lifetime. Tamaro was a police reporter and a television correspondent before becoming a screenwriter. She covered national news for ABC News, among other news outlets. In addition to covering crime stories, she reported and produced national investigative stories and won several journalism awards for her work. Tamaro has a B.A. from Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. She's the author of the best-selling parenting book, "So That's What They're For!"- Producer
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Sam Esmail was born on 17 September 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Homecoming (2018) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Emmy Rossum since 28 May 2017. They have two children.- Actor
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Multi-talented Jason Jordan Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised by his parents, Jillian (Jordan), a homemaker, and Alvin Segel, a lawyer. His mother is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and his father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He was educated at St. Matthew's Parish School in Pacific Palisades, before moving on to Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. During his education he showed an interest in acting and often performed in plays at the Palisades Playhouse.
His major break came in 1999, when he was cast as Nick Andopolis in Judd Apatow's well-regarded series Freaks and Geeks (1999). Further TV and film roles followed, notably in How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Knocked Up (2007). His film breakthrough, however, came in 2008's hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) which he wrote and starred in. Segel also co-wrote and starred in The Muppets (2011).
Segel is also a musician and songwriter, with his songs appearing in many projects including Freaks and Geeks (1999), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Get Him to the Greek (2010).- Producer
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Leslie Greif was born on 30 July 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Hatfields & McCoys (2012), The Offer (2022) and 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013).- Writer
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Michael Tolkin was born on 17 October 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Player (1992), Deep Impact (1998) and Changing Lanes (2002).- Writer
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Albert Stotland Ruddy is a Canadian-American film and television producer. He is known for producing The Godfather (1972) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as co-creating the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971). Albert was born to Ruth (ne Ruddy) and Hy Stotland, a Jewish family in Montreal, and raised in New York City and in Miami Beach, Florida, by his mother, Ruth Ruddy Hertz. Ruddy attended Brooklyn Technical High School before earning a scholarship to allow him to study chemical engineering at City College of New York. In 1956, he graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California.- Actor
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Bernard Fein was born on 13 November 1926 in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Hogan's Heroes (1965), The Phil Silvers Show (1955) and The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962). He died on 10 September 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Dennis Kelly is known for Utopia (2013), Matilda: The Musical (2022) and Pulling (2006). He was previously married to Monica Nappo.- Director
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Jem Garrard is a British Canadian writer, director and producer. They are the creator and showrunner of the space opera series Vagrant Queen for SYFY. An Emmy nominated director, and five time Leo award winner, Jem's past projects include the comedy sci-fi series Android Employed, Disney's Mech-X4, SYFY's creature feature Killer High and Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem.- Producer
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Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was raised in New York and was educated at Riverdale Country School, where his mother also taught. He also attended Winchester College in England for two years, before graduating with a film degree from Wesleyan University.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Whedon landed his first TV writing job on "Roseanne", and moved on to script a season of "Parenthood". He then developed a film script which went on to become Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Whedon was very unhappy with the final film - his original script was extensively re-written and made lighter in tone. After this he earned screenwriting credits on such high profile productions as Alien: Resurrection (1997) and Toy Story (1995), for which he was Oscar nominated. He also worked as a 'script doctor' on various features, notably Speed (1994).
In 1997, Whedon had the opportunity to resurrect his character Buffy in a television series on The WB Network. This time, as showrunner and executive producer, he retained full artistic control. The series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was a popular and critical hit, which ran for several seasons, the last two on UPN. Whedon also produced a spin-off series, "Angel", which was also successful. A foray in to sci-fi television followed with "Firefly", which developed a cult following, but did not stay on air long. It did find an audience on DVD and through re-runs, and a spin-off feature film Serenity (2005) was released in 2005.
Other projects have included comic book writing, the sci-fi drama "Dollhouse" and the screenplay for Marvel blockbuster The Avengers (2012).- Writer
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Jed Whedon was born on 18 July 1975 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Dollhouse (2009). He has been married to Maurissa Tancharoen since 19 April 2009.- Writer
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Maurissa Tancharoen has taken an unusual path to her work in television. With a background in music and dance, she's performed with the likes of Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan, and toured the country as a member of a pop group with Motown Records. At Occidental College, she became heavily involved in theater and wrote several award-winning plays. She then went on to write on Oliver Beene for FOX, and co-created and executive- produced the MTV series Dancelife with Jennifer Lopez.
With her husband and writing partner, Jed Whedon, she created and appeared in the Emmy-award winning musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. Together, their credits also include such shows as Dollhouse, Drop Dead Diva, and Spartacus. They also co-created, and served as the show runners and Executive Producers of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. The series aired its seventh and final season in 2020.
As an Asian-American female show runner, Maurissa's advocacy for diversity and representation is reflected in her work. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is not only touted as one of the most diverse shows on television, but as a show that celebrates layered, intelligent, powerful women.- Producer
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Edward Kitsis was born on 4 February 1971 in Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Lost (2004), Once Upon a Time (2011) and Tron: Legacy (2010).- Producer
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Adam Horowitz spent three years working as a vendor at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY selling ice cream, hot dogs, soda, and beer. During his time with the team, they went 212-273 and never finished higher than fifth place in the American League's Eastern Division. Since he left the team, the Yankees went on to the win the division 15 times, win the A.L. pennant seven times, and won the World Series five times.
Mr. Horowitz suspects it's in the team's best interest he remain out of its employ.
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Damian Kindler was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is known for Sanctuary (2008), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and October Faction (2020).- Producer
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Warren Bell is known for Mom (2013), Victorious (2010) and Life's Work (1996). He has been married to Jessica Butler since 2007.