Joe Keenan
Birth Name:
Joe Keenan
Birth Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor for "My Lucky Star" in 2007
- Won an Annie Award for best writing in an animated feature production for "Flushed Away" in 2007
- Won two Writers Guild of America Awards for episodic comedy for "Frasier" in 1996 and 2001
- Was invited to create a sitcom for James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles in 1991 after they read his book "Blue Heaven," with the resulting pilot, "Gloria Vane," not getting a network pick-up
- Quote: "[on "My Lucky Star"] "Virtually nothing that happens to Philip has ever happened to me․ I just enjoy putting him in absurd or intriguing situations, then letting him react as I imagine I would have at his age․""
- Quote: "[on his Thurber Award nomination] "When I learned that I was up against [Bob] Newhart I thought, 'Oh, well! Game over․' I couldn't see [them] ․․․ saying, 'Who needs a beloved television icon? Bring on the obscure gay Wodehouse disciple!'""
- Quote: "[on the "Frasier" finale] "I felt going into it like we were running an egg-and-spoon race with a Fabergé egg - we just wanted to get it over the finish line without dropping it․""
- Best known as the writer and executive producer of "Frasier․"
- Wrote the books "Blue Heaven," "Putting on the Ritz" and "My Lucky Star," a comic novel about the illusions and reality of Hollywood
Awards
- 1995Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1995Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1996WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Winner
- 1997Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1999Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2001WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Winner
- 2001WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 2003OFTA Television Award - Best Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2007Annie - Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production:Winner
- 2007Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Winner
- 2009Banff Rockie Award - Best Continuing Series:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Decade:Nominated