Greg Daniels

Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director.

Biography

Daniels began his career as a writer on the HBO satirical news show "Not Necessarily the News" before moving to "Saturday Night Live". There 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", "Bart Sells His Soul", and "Lisa's Wedding"). In 1992, Greg co-wrote an episode of "Seinfeld" entitled "The Parking Space" which aired during the third season. He won his second Emmy Award while with "The Simpsons" before co-creating "King of the Hill" with Mike Judge. "King of the Hill" has had the longest run of any animated series besides "The Simpsons". Greg won another Emmy for his work on "King of the Hill". More recently, Greg adapted the popular BBC series "The Office" for NBC in the U.S. to great success, and he gave the acceptance speech at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards when the American version of "The Office" won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Daniels attended Harvard University and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon with Conan O'Brien.

Filmography

"The Office"

;Director
* "Basketball" (April 19, 2005)
* "The Dundies" (September 20, 2005)
* "The Client" (November 8, 2005)
* "Valentine's Day" (February 9, 2006)
* "Drug Testing" (April 27, 2006)
* "The Coup" (October 5, 2006)
* "Traveling Salesmen" (January 11, 2007)
* "The Return" (January 18, 2007)
* "Fun Run" (September 27, 2007);Writer
* "Pilot" (March 24, 2005)
* "Basketball" (April 19, 2005)
* "Halloween" (October 18, 2005)
* "Booze Cruise" (January 5, 2006)
* "Conflict Resolution" (May 4, 2006)
* "Gay Witch Hunt" (September 21, 2006)
* "Beach Games" (May 10, 2007)
* "Fun Run" (September 27, 2007)

Career abstract

* "The Office" - NBC - 2005-present: Co-creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Actor. Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series (2006) and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Comedy Series (2007). 1 other nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series (2007).
* Life's Too Short - WB - 2000: Executive Producer, Writer. Michael McKean and Samm Levine starred as father and son.
* "King of the Hill" - FOX - 1997-present: Co-creator, Executive Producer, Writer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series (1999). 4 other nominations for Outstanding Animated Series (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002).
* "Seinfeld" - NBC - 1992: Writer
* "The Simpsons" - FOX: Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Producer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series (1995). 2 other Emmy Nominations (Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics-1994, Outstanding Animated Series-1996).
* "Saturday Night Live" - NBC - 1987-1990: Writer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series (1989).
* "Not Necessarily the News" - HBO: Writer.

It is a rare feat that four of these series are still on the air: "Saturday Night Live", "The Simpsons", "King of the Hill" and "The Office". Daniels will be creating a spinoff from "The Office" for NBC to air in early 2009.

External links

*imdb|0199948