Spike Feresten
Birth Name:
Michael Donovan Feresten
Birth Place:
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for the "Seinfeld" episode "The Soup Nazi" in 1997
- Attended the Berklee College of Music, where he was evicted from his dorm for dropping fluorescent lights out of his window
- Began his entertainment writing career on the TV series "Sunday Night" in 1988
- Started out as an intern at NBC in New York and later worked as a receptionist for "Saturday Night Live," where he got to tell some of his jokes to Dennis Miller of "Weekend Update․"
- Quote: "I don't really think about where the audience is, but I think about where I am as an audience, and what I would like to see, and then you hope people feel similar․ I think they want to laugh․"
- Best known as a writer for "Late Show with David Letterman" and as a writer and supervising producer for "Seinfeld․"
- Wrote and executive produced his own series, "Talkshow with Spike Feresten," from 2006 to 2009
- Has also written episodes of "The Simpsons," "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," and "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment․"
Awards
- 1991Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1994Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1997Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1997WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Television Movie:Nominated
- 2025PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures:Nominated