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Ken Kwapis Biography
Birth Name:Kenneth William Kwapis
Birth Place:Belleville, Illinois, United States
Profession Director, Producer, Writer
Fast Facts
- Earned a Student Academy Award for his student film thesis "For Heaven's Sake!"
- In 2005, he received the Copper Wing Award at the Phoenix Film Festival
- Earned a degree in speech from Northwestern University
- Gradated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television
- Got married to fellow director and screenwriter Marisa Silver
- Quote: "(On directing comedic plots) "There's something wonderfully cheeky about intentional mistakes․""
- Is widely recognized for his work directing television comedies
Awards
- 1993CableACE-Directing a Comedy Series: nominated
- 1994CableACE-Directing a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
- 2002OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2005Copper Wing Award-Best Director: winner
- 2006Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2006Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2007Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy: winner
- 2007Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Decade: nominated
- 2013Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2016Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated