Andy Robin
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Andy Robin is a writer and director who started on Saturday Night Live, where he created the character "Copy Machine Guy" for actor Rob Schneider. Robin wrote on NBC's Seinfeld for several seasons, initially solo, later partnering with collaborator Gregg Kavet, penning many episodes. Solo efforts include The Junior Mint; with Kavet The Jimmy and The Fatigues, which won the Writers Guild Award for Episodic Comedy. The duo wrote and directed Live Free or Die, an independent film which won the Jury Prize for best narrative film at the 2006 South By Southwest Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. The film has shown significant strength in the DVD rental market. They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book Saving Face, a humorous guide to awkward social situations and are currently at work on a pilot for HBO about major league baseball scouts.
With Spike Feresten, Jerry Seinfeld, and Barry Marder, Robin wrote Dreamworks' animated film Bee Movie.
Andy grew up in Stamford, Connecticut and went to Westhill High School and Harvard University. He makes his home in Rhode Island.
[edit] Work On Seinfeld
The episodes of Seinfeld written by Andy Robin are:
SEASON 4
SEASON 5
SEASON 6
- The Jimmy (with Gregg Kavet)
SEASON 7
- The Hot Tub (with Gregg Kavet)
- The Caddy (with Gregg Kavet)
- The Bottle Deposit Part 1 (with Gregg Kavet)
- The Bottle Deposit Part 2 (with Gregg Kavet)
SEASON 8
- The Fatigues (with Gregg Kavet)
- The Comeback (with Gregg Kavet)
- The Nap (with Gregg Kavet)
SEASON 9
- The Slicer (with Gregg Kavet and Darin Henry)
- The Frogger (with Gregg Kavet, Steve Koren and Dan O'Keefe)
- The Puerto Rican Day (with Alec Berg, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike Feresten, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Gregg Kavet, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Dan O'Keefe, and Jeff Schaffer)