Bruce Eric Kaplan

Birth Name:

Bruce Eric Kaplan

Profession

Writer, Producer, Soundtrack

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

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