Larry Charles
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․"
- Beginning with 2006's "Borat," he directed every film that Sacha Baron Cohen appeared in for six years, ending with 2012's "The Dictator․"
- Co-wrote the book "How to Be a Stand-Up Comic" with comic Richard Belzer
Awards
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1994Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1994WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1997PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television: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