- Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBC's late-night talk/variety show "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". NBC has announced that O'Brien will take over for Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" in 2009. - Joss Whedon
Joss Hill Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23, 1964 in New York) is an American writer, director, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel", and "Firefly". He has also written several film scripts and several comic book series. After finishing at Winchester College in England, he went on to receive a film degree from Wesleyan University in 1987. - Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre in 1983, Sorkin spent much of the 1980s in New York as a struggling, largely unemployed actor. He found his passion in writing plays however, and quickly established himself as a young promising playwright. - Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell, known professionally as Stephen J. Cannell (born February 5, 1941),, rhymes with "channel", is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor from the United States. Born in Los Angeles, California, his father owned an interior design business. He is married to Marcia and has three children. Noted for sophisticated, character-driven writing within genre formats, … - J. J. Abrams
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (usually credited as Jeffrey Abrams or J. J. Abrams), born to a Jewish family June 27, 1966, is an American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer and director. His greatest successes have been the ABC dramas "Alias", which he created; "Lost", co-created with Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof; and the WB drama "Felicity", co-created with Matt Reeves. - David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a prolific multi-Emmy award winning American writer, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series "Picket Fences", "Chicago Hope", "The Practice", "Ally McBeal", "Boston Public", and "Boston Legal". He has also written several film scripts. Kelley's shows are renowned for their whimsical, occasionally surreal comedic touches, as well as moments of seriousness. - David Chase
David Chase (born David DeCesare—although some sources list his birth name as David Del Cesare—August 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known as the creator and head writer of the highly acclaimed HBO series "The Sopranos." - Patric Verrone
Patric Verrone (born Patric Miller Verrone on September 29, 1959 in Glendale, Queens, New York) is an American television writer. He served as a writer and producer for several animated television shows, most notably "Futurama". - Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning English comic writer and performer from Reading, Berkshire. Gervais found mainstream fame with his BBC Two television programme "The Office" and the series Extras which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and collaborator, Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. - Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. He is noted for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and his liberal political views. On February 14, 2007, Franken entered the race for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota currently held by the Republican Norm Coleman, and formerly held by Franken's friend Paul Wellstone. - Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, "The Twilight Zone". - Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was an American scriptwriter and producer. He is best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of "Star Trek". He would also become one of the first people to be buried in space. - Greg Berlanti
Greg Berlanti is an executive producer of three critically acclaimed ABC dramas, "Brothers & Sisters," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone," which he also co-created. In addition, he created and executive-produced The WB's critically acclaimed dramas "Everwood" and "Jack & Bobby. Prior to that he executive-produced The WB series "Dawson's Creek." - Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is a screenwriter, director and producer. She is best known as the creator and executive producer of television series "Grey's Anatomy". In May 2007, she was named as one of the Time 100 people who help shape the world. - Marc Cherry
Marc Cherry (born March 23, 1962) is an American writer and producer. He is best known for being the creator of the show "Desperate Housewives". - Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967, in Syosset, New York) is an Emmy-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing successful comedy films "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up". He also is the founder of Apatow Productions, his own production company. He has written, produced, and directed films that have grossed nearly $700 million at the box office. - Larry Brody
Larry Brody (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American television writer. At Northwestern University, Larry Brody majored in English and wrote dozens of short stories, poetry and essays. As an avid science fiction fan, he started writing in the genre, and by the time he graduated he was selling stories to The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction. After graduation he went Law School but quit after one year and enrolled at the University of Iowa, … - John Wells
John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is a theater and television producer and writer. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1979. He is best known for his role of producer of the television series "ER", "Third Watch", "The West Wing", "China Beach", and recently "The Evidence". He also worked on movies such as "Doom" and "White Oleander". - David Milch
David S. Milch (March 23, 1945, Buffalo, New York) is an American television writer and producer. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale and won the Tinker Prize in English. He earned an MFA from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. To avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, Mich enrolled in Yale Law School, but was expelled for shooting out a police car siren with a shotgun. - Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson is an American writer who has worked on several television series and comic books, as well as on a variety of other projects. She is perhaps best known for her five-year stint (from 1998 to 2003) as a writer and producer on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". - Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell (born July 18 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as "Doctor Who" fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. As well as "Doctor Who", other television dramas for which he has written include "Robin Hood", "Casualty", "Holby City" and "Coronation Street". - Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is a two-time Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series "Family Guy" and "American Dad!". He was also the executive producer of the short-lived series, "The Winner". - Larry David
Larry David, born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. David was co-creator, head writer and executive producer (as well as the voice of New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner) for the television series "Seinfeld". He also created and stars in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm". - Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is a English comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group, "Monty Python". - Billy Ray
William (Billy) Ray began writing television and movies since 1994 with "Color of Night" and is currently promoting the movie "Breach". He has written numerous hit movies including "Hart's War" (2002) and "Volcano". He was one of the creators and writers of the scifi show "Earth 2". Starting in 2003 he has began to direct as well as write; his first film was "Shattered Glass". - Mike Henry
Mike Henry is a writer, producer and voice actor who is currently best known for his voice for the character of Cleveland Brown on the animated sitcom "Family Guy", a show for which he is also a producer. He provides the voice of Herbert (the elderly gay ephebophile), Bruce, the effeminate performance artist, and other characters as well. He graduated from Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia. - Todd Slavkin
Todd Slavkin is an American screenwriter and producer, most famous for working on the American television program "Smallville". As of October 6, 2006 he has written or co-written 18 episodes of Smallville. - Greg Daniels
Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director. He began his career as a writer on HBO's satirical news show "Not Necessarily the News" before moving to "Saturday Night Live". He spent three seasons at SNL, winning an Emmy Award in the process. Greg then joined "The Simpsons", writing and producing some of the most popular episodes in the history of the series (including "22 Short Films About Springfield", "Homer and Apu", … - Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He is the father of actor-turned-director Rob Reiner (1947-), and husband of Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914-). Reiner won nine Emmys during his career. On December 24, 1943 he married Estelle Lebost. Estelle is 8 years his senior and the two have been married 63 years now. At the time of the marriage he was 21 and she was 29. Born of Jewish descent in the Bronx, New York, … - Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 - 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. Cook is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. He is closely associated with an anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in the late 1950s. - Naren Shankar
Naren Shankar is a writer, producer and director of several television series. As a writer Shankar has contributed with works for "Farscape", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Night Visions", The Outer Limits, "The Chronicle", "seaQuest DSV", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". After receiving B. Sc., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Engineering, Physics and Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, … - Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen was born April 15, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother is a social worker and his father is an assistant director for a non-profit organization. During his youth, he attended a Talmud Torah school, but it was at camp that he got his first taste of stand-up comedy, performing for the other campers. - Russell T. Davies
Russell T Davies (real name: Russell Davies, born April 27, 1963) is a television producer and writer. He is best known for writing ground-breaking and sometimes controversial drama serials such as "Queer as Folk" and "The Second Coming", and for spearheading the revival of the popular science-fiction television series "Doctor Who. - Tom Brady
Tom Brady is a director, writer and producer. His movies include the Rob Schneider vehicles "The Hot Chick" and "The Animal". His television writing credits include work for "The Critic", "Sports Night", "The Simpsons" and "Home Improvement". He is an alumnus of Harvard and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. - John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award winning English comedian and actor. He is best known for being one of the founding members of the renowned comedy group Monty Python, and as the writer and star of the popular television comedy "Fawlty Towers". He has won BAFTA and Emmy awards, and was an Academy Award nominated screen writer for his film, "A Fish Called Wanda". - Douglas Adams
Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as author of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. "Hitchhiker's" began on radio, and developed into a "trilogy" of five books (which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime) as well as a television series, a towel, a comic book series, a computer game and a feature film that was completed after Adams' death. - Susan Harris
Susan Harris (born Susan Spivak on October 28, 1940 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a television comedy writer and producer. She created the series "Soap", "Benson", "The Golden Girls", "Empty Nest", "Nurses", and "The Golden Palace". She also wrote or co-wrote all of the episodes of the first 4 seasons of "Soap" and appeared on two episodes as the hooker Babette. - Dennis Potter
Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935-7 June 1994) was a controversial English dramatist, best known for "The Singing Detective". His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture. Potter was born in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. His father was a coal miner in this rural mining area between Gloucester and Wales. - Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has been nominated for four Oscars for writing, directing and producing during the 72nd and 77th Oscars in 1999 and 2004 respectively. - Garry Shandling
Garry Shandling (born November 29, 1949) is an American comedian. He is best known for his work in "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show".
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