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. He met his wife when she was working for NBC and he for Saturday Night Live.
The Office related credits
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)
- "Baby Shower" (October 16, 2008)
- "Murder" (November 12, 2009)
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Career abstract
- Parks and Recreation - NBC - 2009: Co-creator, Writer
- 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 - 1997-2009: 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 five of the shows that Greg Daniels has written for are still on the air as of April 2009: Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, King of the Hill (King of the Hill ran its last episode in September 2009), The Office and Parks and Recreation.
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