Michael J. Weithorn

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Michael J. Weithorn (born December 17, 1956 in Queens , New York City ) is an American writer, director and producer, best known for his work on the sitcom King of Queens .

life and career

Weithorn was born in Queens, New York City. In 1978 he graduated from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore , Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. After moving to Los Angeles in 1978, he taught high school for three years. He first worked as a writer in 1981 for the TV series Benson . In 1982, Weithorn decided against a job as a writer for Late Night With David Letterman to work with producer Gary David Goldberg on Goldberg's new series Family Ties. From 1982 to 1986, Weithorn served as a story consultant and producer for 102 episodes of Familienbande and wrote 26 of the episodes during his career on the show. At the same time, he was writing episodes for other television shows, including Cheers .

After leaving family ties in 1986, he began creating his own television series, including The Pursuit of Happiness (1987), True Colors (1990-1992), South Central (1994) and Ned and Stacey (1995-1997). In 1998 he co-created the sitcom King of Queens with David Litt . The show ran until 2007, when Weithorn wrote the last hour-long episode, "China Syndrome".

In 2006 he co-created the Comedy Central animated series The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire with Nick Bakay , which was also shown at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2010 he wrote and directed the feature film A Little Help with Jenna Fischer , Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict .

In 2015, Weithorn created and produced the short-lived Fox midseason sitcom Weird Loners, starring Becki Newton and Zachary Knighton .

Awards

Weithorn has received multiple awards for his work, including five Emmy nominations. In 1984 he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on family ties along with the other producers . A year later he was nominated again for family ties , both times in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.

In 1986 he received two more Emmy nominations, again for family ties , one for the production and the other in the Outstanding Writing In A Comedy Series category. In 1989 he was nominated for another Emmy for his work on the television series Wonderful Years . In 2007 he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Best Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy for The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire . In 2010 his film A Little Help was the winner of the best feature film at several major film festivals.

He won a Writer's Guild of America Award in 1985 for work on an episode of Cheers .

background

Weithorn was part of a group of friends at Swarthmore College to to be part of the entertainment industry met and came west: Neal Marlens and Carol Black ( The Wonder Years (The Wonder Years) , Growing Pains (Growing Pains) ) and the late film producer Robert Newmyer ( Sex, Lies, and Videotape , Training Day ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Straight Time (payment required) , nytimes.com. June 10, 1978. Retrieved February 4, 2013. 
  2. ^ The King of Queens - Official Site - About the Show . thekingofqueens.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved on February 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bruce Fretts: The Secrets to the King of Queens' Long Reign , tvguide.com. May 14, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2013. 
  4. ^ Michael J. Weithorn Awards . Internet Movie Database .
  5. ↑ Rhoda Amon: PROFILE Two young Long Islanders, Michael J. Weithorn from Port Washington and Neal Marlens from Huntington, friends since college, went to Hollywood, and, against all the odds, made a phenomenal success writing TV sitcoms. Now, they're laughing all the way to the bank Local Boys Make Funny , newsday.com. September 28, 1986. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved on February 4, 2013. 
personal data
SURNAME Weithorn, Michael J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, director, and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City