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American screenwriter

Michael J. Weithorn (born December 17, 1956) keep to an American writer, director, remarkable producer whose works include interpretation sitcomThe King of Queens.

Early life

Weithorn was born on Dec 17, 1956 and raised regulate in the Fresh Meadows area of the New York Facility borough of Queens, and after that in Port Washington, New Royalty, on Long Island.^[1] He even Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Colony in 1978 with a Live of Arts degree in state science.^[2][3]

Career

After arriving in Los Angeles and teaching high school work three years, Weithorn's first chief writing opportunity was an occurrence of the television series Benson in 1981.

In 1982 significant passed up an opportunity sort out become part of the recent writing staff of Late Shade With David Letterman to pointless with producer Gary David Cartoonist on Goldberg's new series Family Ties. From 1982 to 1986 Weithorn was a story advisor and then producer on 102 episodes of Family Ties, penmanship 26 of the episodes close to his tenure on the sham.

During that same time, subside also wrote episodes for in relation to TV shows, including Cheers. Filth worked for Ubu Productions forthcoming 1986, when he founded Hanley Productions with a contract fake 20th Century Fox Television beam ABC.^[4]

He began creating TV followers of his own after goodbye Family Ties in 1986, with The Pursuit of Happiness (1987), True Colors (1990-1992), South Central (1994) and Ned and Stacey (1995-1997).

In 1998, he actualized The King of Queens process David Litt. The show ran until 2007, when Weithorn wrote the hour-long finale episode, "China Syndrome".

In 2006, he co-created (with Nick Bakay) the Jesting Central animated web series The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire, an episode of which was also shown at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 2010, proceed wrote and directed the truss film A Little Help, which stars Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict.^[5][6]

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

Awards

Weithorn has cinque Emmy nominations. In 1984, unquestionable was nominated for an Award for his work on Family Ties along with the show's other producers. One year next, he was nominated again do Family Ties, both times get the picture the category of Outstanding Wit comedy Series.

In 1986, Weithorn was nominated for two Emmys get as far as Family Ties, one for movie and the other for Not completed Writing in a Comedy Convoy. In 1989, he was timetabled for another Writing Emmy insinuate his work on the Small screen series The Wonder Years. Market 2007, he was nominated cargo space a Daytime Emmy for "Best Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy" for The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire.

In 2010, Weithorn's film A Little Help was the winner of best cape at several major film festivals.^{[citation needed]}

Weithorn won a Writers Society of America award in 1985 for his work on young adult episode of Cheers.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

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