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Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and creator, whose credits include Scrubs and Courting Alex. He worked as a writing assistant on Queer as Folk and Grounded for Life prior to serving as a writer on The Office (U.S. version) for seven years.[1][2][3][4] He is currently the showrunner and executive producer for the NBC sitcom Superstore.[4]
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Credits
3.1 Producing
3.2 Writing
4 Nominations
5 External links
6 References
Personal life
On November 24, 2007 he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children Lucy and Pheobe.[5]
Career
Spitzer was an assistant on Grounded for Life, and on fourteen episodes of Queer as Folk.[6] In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired.[7][8] He is the creater, showrunner and executive producer for the NBC sitcom Superstore.
Credits
Producing
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Office | co-executive producer |
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | Mulaney | |
| 2015 | Superstore | executive producer |
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Holding Patterns | executive producer |
Writing
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | What Are the Odds? | short film |
| 2019 | UglyDolls |
| Show | Episode Title | Season | Air Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scrubs | "My Butterfly" | 3 | March 16, 2004 | |
Committed | "The Snap Out of it Episode" | 1 | February 1, 2005 | |
Courting Alex | "Birthday" | March 6, 2006 | ||
The Office | "Back from Vacation" | 3 | January 4, 2007 | |
| "Product Recall" | April 26, 2007 | co-written with Brent Forrester | ||
| "Did I Stutter?" | 4 | May 1, 2008 | co-written with Brent Forrester | |
| "Moroccan Christmas" | 5 | December 11, 2008 | ||
| "Michael Scott Paper Company" | April 9, 2009 | |||
| "Shareholder Meeting" | 6 | November 19, 2009 | ||
| "Body Language" | April 29, 2010 | |||
| "Costume Contest" | 7 | October 28, 2010 | ||
| "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager" | May 12, 2011 | |||
| "Garden Party" | 8 | October 13, 2011 | ||
| "Angry Andy" | April 19, 2012 | |||
The Money Pit | "Pilot" | 1 | unaired | |
Mulaney | "Patriot Acts" | 1 | November 23, 2014 | |
Superstore | "Pilot" | November 30, 2015 | ||
| "Shots and Salsa" | November 30, 2015 | |||
| "Tornado" | 2 | May 4, 2017 | ||
| "Grand Re-Opening" | 3 | September 28, 2017 | ||
| "Town Hall" | May 3, 2018 |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Holding Patterns | also credited as creator |
Nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Credited As | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated | Producer | [9] |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 | Supervising Producer |
External links
Justin Spitzer on IMDb
Justin Spitzer on Twitter
References
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^ "(article title missing)". Newsweek, Volume 149, Issues 14-26. p. 64. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ Dellecese, Dave (November 1, 2007). "A peek at the Utica Branch of NBC's "The Office"". WKTV. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ ab "Justin Spitzer". NBC Universal Media Village. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Spitzer, Justin (3 March 2016). "My wife @jennabans show @thefamily airs tonight ABC 9:00 EST. It's just like #Superstore but with abducted children and no store. Pls watch!". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ Ferreira, Johanna (15 January 2016). "Get to Know the Man Behind the Best Golden Globes Joke". vivala.com. Vivala. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (4 October 2013). "NBC Developing Comedy Based On Movie 'The Money Pit' With Justin Spitzer, Amblin". deadline.com. Deadine. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ Blacker, Ben (8 March 2018). "Episode 23 - The Money Pit written by Justin Spitzer". maximumfun.org. Dead Pilots Society. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "Justin Spitzer". emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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