Dan O'Shannon
Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Shannon (born March 10, 1962 in Ohio ) is an American screenwriter and film producer .
Life
O'Shannon attended Painesville Riverside High School. After graduating from high school, he appeared as a stand-up comedian at the Cleveland Comedy Club. He studied at Cleveland State University in the early 1980s , where he also wrote for the student magazine Cauldron .
O'Shannon began writing and producing screenplays, primarily for television series, in the mid-1980s. He wrote and produced several books for episodes of the series Newhart , Cheers and Frasier . For the series Modern Family , for which he wrote a total of 15 episodes between 2009 and 2014, he won five Emmys for best comedy series. An exception in O'Shannon's work is the work on the animated short films Redux Riding Hood (1997) and The Fan and the Flower (2005), for which he wrote the screenplay. For Redux Riding Hood , O'Shannon was nominated for an Oscar in 1998 for Best Animated Short Film.
In 2012, O'Shannon published his first book, What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event . In 2014 followed the adventures of Mrs. Jesus ( The Adventures of Mrs. Jesus ). In 2015, The History of Us was the first television film for which O'Shannon wrote the script.
Filmography
- 1986: It's a Living (TV series, one episode)
- 1987: The Charmings (TV series, episode)
- 1987–1989: Newhart (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1989–1993: Cheers (TV series, 39 episodes)
- 1990: The Earth Day Special (TV)
- 1993: The Boys (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1996–1998: Susan (Suddenly Susan) (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1997: Redux Riding Hood
- 1998: Maggie (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1999–2002: Frasier (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2002: Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series, episode)
- 2005: The Fan and the Flower
- 2005, 2006: Nemesis - The attack (Threshold) (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Jericho - The Attack (Jericho) (TV series, an episode)
- 2007, 2008: Back to You (TV series, two episodes)
- 2009: Better Off Ted - Die Chaos AG (Better Off Ted) (TV series, two episodes)
- 2009–2014: Modern Family (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 2015: Odd Couple (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2015: The History of Us (TV)
Awards (selection)
- 1991: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Cheers
- 1998: Oscar nomination, Best Animated Short , for Redux Riding Hood
- 2003: WGA Award for Episodic Comedy, Writers Guild of America , for Frasier , episode: Frasier: Rooms with a View
- 2003: Honorary Doctorate from Cleveland State University
- 2010: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Modern Family
- 2010: WGA New Series Award, Writers Guild of America, for Modern Family
- 2011: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Modern Family
- 2011: Producers Guild of America Award , Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, for Modern Family
- 2011: WGA Award for Comedy Series (TV), Writers Guild of America, for Modern Family
- 2012: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Modern Family
- 2012: Producers Guild of America Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, for Modern Family
- 2012: Humanitas Prize for Modern Family
- 2012: WGA Award for Comedy Series (TV), Writers Guild of America, for Modern Family
- 2013: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Modern Family
- 2013: Producers Guild of America Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, for Modern Family
- 2014: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Modern Family
- 2014: Producers Guild of America Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, for Modern Family
- 2015: Producers Guild of America Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, for Modern Family
Web links
- Dan O'Shannon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barry Goodrich: Family Tree . clevelandmagazine.com, November 2013.
- ^ Cate Baird: Cleveland State names two for honorary degrees ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) . csuohio.edu20. November 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Shannon, Dan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Shannon, Daniel Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ohio |