- Kevin Bright
Kevin S. Bright (born 1955,
New York City ) is an American televisionexecutive producer and director whose credits include "Friends " and "Joey".Bright started his professional career under the tutelage of his father, Jackie Bright. Fact|date=November 2007 Born to a Jewish-American family, Bright attended the
East Side Hebrew Institute on theLower East Side ofManhattan . After graduatingmagna cum laude fromEmerson College , he worked in New York with Joseph Cates, where he produced specials forGeorge Burns ,Johnny Cash , David Copperfield andDolly Parton .After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, he started work in comedy programming such as "
The History of White People in America " and comedy specials starringRobin Williams ,Martin Mull ,Harry Shearer ,Paul Shaffer andMerrill Markoe .In 1993, Bright entered a partnership with
Marta Kauffman and David Crane to formBright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and began a development deal withWarner Brothers Television to produce the comedy series "Friends ". He also directed 42 episodes of the series.After "
Friends ", he went on to Executive Produce the spinoff series "Joey" with Friends producersShana Goldberg-Meehan andScott Silveri . It starred Friends actorMatt Leblanc and featuredJennifer Coolidge , also anEmerson College graduate. "Joey" was cancelled in May 2006 during its second season after a major ratings slump.After "Joey", Bright moved back to his college town of
Boston , where he began teaching at his alma mater,Emerson College . At the school, he taught several classes in aboutsitcom producing and directing. He also executive produced two productions for the school's [http://www.emersonchannel.org/ The Emerson Channel] . One was a sketch comedy hour titled "Zebro: A Laugh Show", and the other a sitcom set at the school titledBrowne at Midnight , written by Brad Woolf and Dan Borrelli, that followed a freshman DJ at the school's stationWERS 88.9FM. Kevin Bright is married to Claudia Bright, with two kids, twins, Zachary and Justin.External links
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