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Larry Charles Biography

Birth Name:Larry Charles

Birth Place:New York, New York, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Actor

Fast Facts

For "Entourage," he won the Monte-Carlo TV Festival Golden Nymph Award for best international producer - comedy in 2006
In 2008, he won the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival New Visions Award for "Religulous․"
In the early 1970s, he attended Rutgers University with the goal of becoming a writer
Worked as a stand-up comic in the 1970s before landing his first job as a writer
Quote: "[on animation] "The thing that amazes me most is, the fact of how traditional the process is, it's just artists drawing and writers writing․ The technology hasn't really changed․""
Best known as the writer and producer of "Seinfeld," "Mad About You" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm․"
Helped revolutionize the sitcom format with "Seinfeld․"
Co-wrote the book "How to Be a Stand-Up Comic" with comic Richard Belzer
Beginning with 2006's "Borat," he directed every film that Sacha Baron Cohen appeared in for six years, ending with 2012's "The Dictator․"

Awards

1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series: winner
1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: winner
1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
1994WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Comedy: nominated
1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
2003DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: nominated
2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
2006DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: nominated
2006Golden Nymph-Best International Producer - Comedy: winner
2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
2006WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: nominated
2007PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: nominated
2008New Visions Award-Non Fiction Motion Picture: winner
2009British Comedy Award-Best Comedy Film: nominated
2010DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: nominated
2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
2013EDA Special Mention Award-Hall of Shame: nominated
2013PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: nominated
2023People's Choice Award-Midnight Madness: winner