Dan Schneider (TV producer)

Dan Schneider
Born	Daniel James Schneider January 14, 1966 (1966-01-14) (age 45) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, producer, writer
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Lisa Lillien (2002–present)
Website
danwarp.blogspot.com

Daniel James "Dan" Schneider (born January 14, 1966) is an American songwriter,^[1] actor, writer, and producer of films and television. He is the co-president of his own production company called Schneider's Bakery.

Schneider is sometimes credited as Daniel Schneider, Daniel J. Schneider, or Daniel Jamie Schneider. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he went to Memphis University School (MUS) for some years but graduated from White Station High School in 1982. He attended various classes at Harvard University.

Acting career

In the mid-1980s, Schneider co-starred in several films including Making the Grade and Better Off Dead. Schneider also co-starred in the movies The Big Picture, Happy Together and Hot Resort (1985).

In 1986, Schneider played Dennis Blunden on the ABC television sitcom Head of the Class. The series ran for 5 seasons from 1986 to 1991.

In 1992, Schneider starred in the series Home Free, and in 1994, he played as Shawn Eckhardt in Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story, one of two made-for-television movies about the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan scandal.

Later, he appeared such as "Mr. Bailey" in Good Burger, a movie which he wrote and co-produced.

He has appeared in a cameo in the Zoey 101 TV movie, Chasing Zoey.

Writing and producing career (1993–present)

Television series

Schneider's career shifted directions in 1993 when he began writing and producing a string of highly successful television shows. The headline in a New York Times article about Schneider called him "the master of a television genre."^[2] Another New York Times article (September 7, 2007) said that Schneider "has become the Norman Lear of children's television."^[3]

Schneider is the creative force behind the following hit TV series:

Series	Original run	Description
Victorious	2010–present (Nickelodeon)	Starring Victoria Justice as Tori Vega, Leon Thomas III as Andre Harris, Matt Bennett as Robbie Shapiro, Elizabeth Gillies as Jade West, Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine, Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver and Daniella Monet as Trina Vega, the series primarily centers on a teenage girl named Tori Vega, who transfers to the performing arts school Hollywood Arts after getting a spot as a student at the school after substituting for her older sister Trina in a musical number, after Trina suffers an allergic reaction to a Chinese herb gargle at the school's "Big Showcase". At Hollywood Arts, Tori ends up making friends (and one rival) with students of different personalities, including a boy named Robbie, who often speaks with a ventriloquist dummy named Rex, and a girl named Cat who is easily offended by inoffensive comments. Like Zoey 101 and iCarly, Victorious serves as an ensemble comedy while centering on a main character. Like Zoey 101, the series is presented in a letterbox format on Nickelodeon's primary standard definition feed (unlike Zoey 101, it has a laugh track). The series premiered on March 27, 2010 after the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards.
iCarly	2007–present (Nickelodeon)	Starring Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay, Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett, Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson, Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay and Noah Munck as Gibby Gibson, iCarly debuted on September 8, 2007 and was an instant hit, and as of 2010, is the top-rated children's program on cable television, and also one of the most successful shows on cable. iCarly is about a group of friends: Carly, Sam and Freddie (played by Cosgrove, McCurdy and Kress, respectively), who make a popular comedy web series called iCarly. Based on early confidence, the network increased the first season order from 13 episodes to 22 episodes. iCarly was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award in its first season, competing against Hannah Montana and Drake & Josh (another series created by Dan Schneider, in which Cosgrove and Trainor previously appeared), and later won Kids' Choice Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011 for Favorite TV Show.
Zoey 101	2005–2008 (Nickelodeon)	Zoey 101 was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005. The series, starring Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks (the younger sister of singer Britney Spears), Paul Butcher as Dustin Brooks, Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews (season 1-3), Kristin Herrera as Dana Cruz (Season 1), Victoria Justice as Lola Martinez (Seasons 2-4), Christopher Massey, Austin Butler (season 4), Alexa Nikolas as Nicole Bristow, Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky and Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese, was the No. 2 television show in America with the young teen audience, second only to American Idol. Though Zoey was the primary focus of the series, the show was basically an ensemble comedy. It featured somewhat of a revolving door cast with only Spears and four other cast members appearing in all four seasons. Zoey 101 was Schneider's first single-camera format program and the first to be presented in a letterbox format. Schneider also guest-starred in a Zoey 101 movie Chasing Zoey, playing Lola Martinez's and Vince Blake's cab driver to the prom, though he never actually got them there.
Drake & Josh	2004–2007 (Nickelodeon)	Drake & Josh has won multiple Kids' Choice Awards, and is one of Nickelodeon's all-time most popular series. Three of the actors in the main cast were also in The Amanda Show: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, and Nancy Sullivan; Miranda Cosgrove and Jonathan Goldstein rounded out the main cast. The series centered on Drake Parker (Bell) and Josh Nichols (Peck), two polar opposite teenage boys, who become stepbrothers when Drake's mother (Sullivan) and Josh's father (Goldstein) get married. Drake's scheming and underachieving ways and Josh's awkwardness and haplessness end up giving way to many sticky situations that the two try to get out of.
What I Like About You	2002–2006 (The WB)	What I Like About You starred Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth, formerly of Beverly Hills 90210, and centered on two sisters: Val Tyler (Garth), a PR consultant whose younger teenage sister, Holly (Bynes), moves in with her after their father accepts a job in Japan. The show had a four-year successful run on the WB network, just before the WB and UPN merged into the "CW" network. The series, co-created by Schneider and former Friends writer/producer Wil Calhoun, is one of only two series Schneider created that was produced for broadcast network television. Schneider was an executive producer during the show's first two seasons.
The Amanda Show	1999–2002 (Nickelodeon)	The Amanda Show was a sketch comedy series, starring Amanda Bynes, that earned multiple Kids' Choice Awards. Although the show ended production in 2002, it continued to air in reruns on Nickelodeon through 2007. Schneider himself often appeared on The Amanda Show as a frustrated old man who was frequently the victim of strange prank phone calls.
Guys Like Us	1998–1999 (UPN)	Guys Like Us is a short-lived sitcom that ran on UPN for 13 episodes from 1998 to 1999. Starring Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell and Chris Hardwick, the series centered on Jared Harris (Robinson) and Sean Barker (Hardwick), two twenty-something bachelors who are faced with the task of taking care of Jared's precocious six-year-old brother Maestro (Harrell), who comes to live with them after Jared's father accepts a freelance position overseas. The premise of a younger sibling moving in with their older sibling after a parent gets a job overseas would later be applied to the premise of the Schneider-created series What I Like About You years later, as well as iCarly. The series is one of only two series Schneider created that was produced for broadcast network television.
Kenan & Kel	1996–2000 (Nickelodeon)	Kenan & Kel was a show about two boys living in Chicago, Illinois, who also visited places throughout the show such as Detroit and Kansas City. Kenan (Kenan Thompson) was a high school student with a job at the grocery store, while Kel (Kel Mitchell) was his clumsy, orange soda-loving friend. Schneider guest-starred in an episode and was an executive producer during the first two seasons. He continued working as an executive consultant for the remainder of the series.
All That	1994–2005 (Nickelodeon)	All That is a sketch comedy show, often referred to by the media as the "little brother" of Saturday Night Live. All That won multiple Cable Ace Awards and Kids' Choice Awards. It was one of the longest-running live action series ever on Nickelodeon. The show featured many different comedy sketches, including the popular "Good Burger" sketch (which spun off a 1997 film of the same name). It also featured musical appearances by artists such as Justin Timberlake, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Barenaked Ladies, Usher, Mandy Moore, Aaron Carter, 'N Sync, Avril Lavigne, among others. Schneider quit All That after the first four seasons to run The Amanda Show. The show's ratings soon declined, and it was cancelled in the 2000-2001 season. Nickelodeon then asked Schneider to come back and revamp All That in 2001. Schneider agreed, and All That returned to Nickelodeon in 2002. It ran for another four seasons until 2005, bringing All That to the end of its 10-season run.

Recurring actors

Schneider is known to use a number of the same actors in many of his television series. The following is a list of actors that have made at least one appearance in more than one television series produced by Schneider. Some of these actors appear as themselves making a cameo appearance or reprise their roles from another television series that was produced by Schneider.

Actor	All That	Kenan & Kel	Guys Like Us	The Amanda Show	What I Like About You	Drake & Josh	Zoey 101	iCarly	Victorious
Drake Bell	N			N		N	N	N
E. E. Bell	N			N		N
Matt Bennett								N	N
Patrick Bristow				N			N
Yvette Nicole Brown						N		N	N
Chelsea Brummet	N				N	N
Paul Butcher	N						N
Austin Butler							N	N
Amanda Bynes	N			N	N
Linda Cardellini		N	N
Miranda Cosgrove	N					N	N	N
Roark Critchlow						N	N
Jake Farrow						N		N	N (voice only)
Elizabeth Gillies								N	N
Ariana Grande								N	N
Scott Halberstadt						N		N
Marilyn Harris								N	N
Avan Jogia								N	N
Victoria Justice							N	N	N
Taran Killam				N		N		N
Kevin Kopelow	N	N
Nathan Kress						N (scenes deleted)		N	N
Eric Lange								N	N
Jennette McCurdy							N	N
Alec Medlock						N		N
Christopher Michael						N		N
Kel Mitchell	N	N
Daniella Monet							N	N	N
Oliver Muirhead	N	N						N
Lane Napper						N		N	N
Andrew Hill Newman				N			N	N
Molly Orr				N		N
Josh Peck	N			N		N			N
Jim Pirri								N	N
Michael Eric Reid								N	N
Jeremy Rowley	N			N		N		N
Allison Scagliotti						N	N
Josh Server	N	N		N		N
Britney Spears	N	N
Jamie Lynn Spears	N						N
David St. James	N							N
David Starzyk								N	N
Kyle Sullivan	N			N
Nancy Sullivan				N		N
Leon Thomas III								N	N
Kenan Thompson	N	N		N				N
Jerry Trainor						N		N	N
Abby Wilde							N	N

• The main and recurring cast members from Victorious that are listed are on this chart appeared in "iParty with Victorious" (a 2011 iCarly episode that crossed over with Victorious) appearing as the their Victorious characters.
• Victoria Justice, Daniella Monet, Lane Napper and Leon Thomas III, all portrayed a different character in iCarly prior to appearing in "iParty with Victorious".

Films

Schneider has also been involved in films. He wrote the film Good Burger which starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell (and featured Schneider himself in a supporting role). The film was a successful moneymaker for Paramount Studios, and has begun to enjoy "cult film" status over recent years. Good Burger (the film) was spun off from a popular comedy sketch which Schneider produced on his Nickelodeon television show All That.

Schneider also wrote and co-produced the film Big Fat Liar which starred Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti and Donald Faison. The film was a hit for Universal Studios, earning nearly $50 million in domestic box office alone.

As of 2007, Schneider has films in development at both Warner Bros. Studios and Nickelodeon Movies.

References

1. ^ "Repertoire Search". BMI. http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=886510&keyname=SCHNEIDER+DAN&CAE=0&Affiliation=NA. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Dee, Jonathan (April 8, 2007). "Tween on the Screen". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/magazine/08NICKELODEON.t.html?ex=1176696000&en=b14f459487f2f913&ei=5070&emc=eta. Retrieved May 22, 2011. 
3. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (September 7, 2007). "I, Little Sister, Becomes ‘iCarly’". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/arts/television/07icar.html?_r=1. Retrieved May 22, 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Dan Schneider at the Internet Movie Database
• Dan Schnelder on Twitter
• Dan Schneider's channel on YouTube

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Name	Schneider, Dan
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Date of birth	January 14, 1966
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
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