Michael J. Weithorn

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Michael J. Weithorn, born December 17, 1956, is a director and writer known for his works including King of Queens.

Weithorn's first major writing opportunity was an episode of the television series Benson in 1981, entitled "Stress". From there he moved on to several other scripts. From 1982 to 1983 he was a story consultant for 21 episodes of the TV series Family Ties and wrote "Family Ties Vacation" in 1985. He wrote 26 of the episodes between 1982 and 1986 and also wrote episodes for other TV shows, including Cheers. He began directing between 1991 and 1992 with 2 episodes of the TV series True Colors. He was also the producer for 15 episodes of True Colors and several other shows.^[1]

He joined the writing teams of several TV shows throughout the following years before finally creating the popular show The King of Queens in 1998 with David Litt. The show ran until 2007, when Weithorn wrote the finale episode "China Syndrome". From there he has moved on to screenplays and in 2010 he wrote a screenplay called A Little Help.

Awards

He has been recognised several times for his work, including 5 Emmy nominations. In 1984 he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Family Ties along with the show's other producers. One year later he was nominated again for Family Ties, both times for the category of Outstanding Comedy Series. In 1986 he was nominated for two Emmy's, both for Family Ties. In 1989 he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the TV series The Wonder Years. In 2007 he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Best Outstanding Broadband Program- Comedy for The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire. ^[2]

He won a Writer's Guild of America award in 1985 for his work on an episode of Cheers.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919352/
2. ^ http://www.thekingofqueens.com/about.php?page=producers
3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919352/awards

Mr. Weithorn was part of an extremely profilic group of friends that met at Swarthmore College and came out west to be part of the entertainment industry: Neal Marlens and Carol Black (The Wonder Years, Growing Pains)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549107/; Bobby Newmyer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628352/ (founder of Outlaw Productions, "six, lies and videotape", "Training Day", "The Santa Clause")

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