Bruce Eric Kaplan Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for two Producers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "Six Feet Under" in 2005 and 2006
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for New Series for "Girls" in 2013
• Although he was interested in cartoons in his childhood, he didn't begin drawing cartoons until he was in his 20s
• Quote: "(On coming up with cartoons): "It comes out of real life but not in the moment․ It tends to come out in my brain when I'm thinking about things․․․I treat them like journals․ I try and sort of think about what's on my mind as of this point․""
• Best known as a cartoonist who often contributes his single-panel cartoons to The New Yorker
• Has written seven books, including "I Love You, I Hate You, I'm Hungry," "The Cat That Changed My Life," and "This Is a Bad Time․"
• Is also a television writer and executive producer who worked on "Seinfeld," "Six Feet Under," and "Girls․"
• Wrote a series of novels about a Brooklyn couple named Edmund and Rosemary, the first of which is titled "Every Person on the Planet․"
• Wrote and illustrated the picture books "Monsters Eat Whiny Children," "Meaniehead," and "Cousin Irv from Mars․"
• One of his most popular "Seinfeld" episodes involved the character Elaine becoming frustrated over a cartoon in The New Yorker