Alan Zweibel

An original Saturday Night Live writer, Alan Zweibel has won multiple Emmy, Writers Guild of America, and TV Critics awards for his work in television which also includes It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (which he co-created and executive produced), Monk, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In films, he co-wrote the screenplays for Dragnet, North, and The Story of Us. In addition, he wrote the popular children’s book, Our Tree Named Steve and the 2006 Thurber Prize winning novel, The Other Shulman. His humor has appeared in such diverse publications as Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Op-Ed page, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post and MAD Magazine.  Alan’s theatrical contributions include the play Bunny Bunny-Gilda Radner: A Sort of Love Story, which he adapted from his best-selling book. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award winning play 700 Sundays, as well as Martin Short’s Broadway smash hit Fame Becomes Me. A frequent guest on talk shows such as Late Night with David Letterman, Alan is currently finishing his next Broadway venture to be titled Sunday Nights at 8:00, is doing a television pilot with Bob Newhart, and his newest book – a collection of his short stories and essays titled Clothing Optional – was just published by Random House. But the production that Alan is most proud of is the family that he and his wife Robin have created with their children Adam, Lindsay and Sari and Adam’s wife, Cori.