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Dave Krinsky Biography

Birth Name:Dave Krinsky

Birth Place:Florida, United States

Profession Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he first met John Altschuler and co-created a student comedy show with him
  • Started out as a writer for the National Lampoon humor magazine with John Altschuler
  • Began his career in the entertainment industry as the production assistant of "Torch Song Trilogy" in 1988
  • Best known as the co-creator and executive producer of "The Goode Family" and as the executive producer of "King of the Hill․"
  • Frequently collaborates with fellow writer and producer John Altschuler on projects like "Silicon Valley" and "King of the Hill," and the duo also wrote the screenplay for "Blades of Glory․"
  • Founded the production company Ternion Productions with John Altschuler and Mike Judge in 2008
  • Wrote and produced several episodes of the MTV reboot of "Beavis and Butt-Head․"

Awards

  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
  • 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2014Audience Award-Episodic: winner
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2015WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2015WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated