James Vallely

Birth Name:

James A. Vallely

Birth Place:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Actor, Director

Was nominated for a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for "My Wife and Kids" in 2005
Was nominated for three Producers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "Arrested Development" in 2006, 2007, and 2014
Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for "Arrested Development" in 2005 and was nominated for two others in 2006 and 2007
Began his Hollywood career as the writer of the American version of the film "B․C․ Rock" in 1980 and also voiced the character Stewie Babcock
Started out as a stand-up comedian in New York with a college classmate named Jonathan Schmock, with the duo calling themselves "The Funnyboys․"
Was a writer, story editor, and producer on the classic TV series "The Golden Girls" in the early 1990s
Quote: "Being snobby about comedy is as stupid as being snobby about gourmet food, or fancy wines․ There are a million different reasons things are funny․ At the end of the day, you just have to keep writing until a lot of people laugh at the same time․"
Best known as the executive producer of "Arrested Development," "My Wife and Kids," and "Brotherly Love․"

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