Bill Lawrence (producer)
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Bill Lawrence (born 1969[1]) is a creator, writer, producer, and director of television programs.
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[edit] Career
After graduating from the College of William & Mary, Lawrence wrote for hit shows including Friends, Boy Meets World, and The Nanny and produced the animated series Clone High. He is also the creator of the sitcoms Spin City and his current venture, Scrubs, which has finished seven seasons on NBC and is moving to ABC as a 2008-09 midseason replacement. He is also one of the producers of the rejected television pilot Nobody's Watching. In 2006-07 he was prepping the film "Fletch Won" (which is a prequel to the previous Fletch films), but after Scrubs star Zach Braff dropped out, Bill Lawrence then soon after dropped out as well.
Along with many Scrubs cast members, Bill Lawrence also has a small role playing himself in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in a scene with Miss Piggy.
In a season six episode of Scrubs, Bill appeared as an extra in the coffee shop.
Bill is married to Christa Miller, and they have three children: Charlotte Sarah, born on June 8, 2000; William Stoddard, born on January 3, 2003; and Henry Vanduzer, born on October 8, 2006.
[edit] Shows Created
- Scrubs (2001-)
- Clone High (2002-2003) (co-creator)
- Spin City (1996-2002) (co-creator)
worked on show (1996-2000)...
[edit] Episodes Written For TV
[edit] Scrubs
- My First Day (Pilot)
- My Mentor
- My Nickname
- My Occurrence
- My Overkill
- My T.C.W.
- My Own American Girl
- My Catalyst
- My Changing Ways
- My Intern's Eyes
[edit] Nobody's Watching
2005 TV Pilot that was never picked up. (Co-written with Scrubs writers Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan)
[edit] Clone High
[edit] Spin City
- Pilot
- The Apartment
- Bye Bye Love
- Paul Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- The Paul Lassiter Story
- Goodbye (Part 2)
- A Friend in Need
[edit] Champs
- The Loop
- Live and Let Breathe
[edit] Friends
[edit] The Nanny
- The Family Plumbing
- Stock Tip
[edit] Boy Meets World
- The Father/Son Game
[edit] Episodes of TV Directed
[edit] Scrubs
- My Dream Job
- My Own American Girl
- My Best Friends Wedding
- My Old Friend's New Friend
- My Intern's Eyes
- My Rite of Passage
- My Missed Perception
- My Transition
- My Turf War
- My Own Worst Enemy
- My Inconvenient Truth
[edit] Trivia
- Bill Lawrence is a huge fan of The Simpsons and said in interviews that Scrubs is intended to be like a live-action Simpsons. For example, in one episode of Scrubs, J.D. comments that Grey's Anatomy is a little like their lives. The same thing was noted in a Simpsons episode regarding Dinosaurs.
- Bill Lawrence is a member of Kappa Alpha Order.
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