Maggie Bandur

Maggie Bandur
Born	February 8, 1974 (1974-02-08) (age 37) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Television producer and writer
Years active	2000-present

Maggie Bandur is an American television writer and TV series producer.^[1]

Student years

In 1992, as a student at El Camino Real High School in Los Angeles, Bandur took part in the United States Academic Decathlon.^[2][3] El Camino Real's team finished fourth.^[4]

Maggie was a contestant in the 1994 Jeopardy! College Championship, representing Northwestern University and later was part of the questions in the game.^[5]

Work

Maggie Bandur is known for her experience in comedy writing.^[6] After her first work with Malcolm in the Middle she has written series for Fox, ABC, CBS, the CW and BBC3.^[7] With decline of the demand on sitcoms she took various "branching out" jobs, including 6 months in England working on an episode of Clone.^[8] Upon return from England she wrote for My Boys and short comedy plays (Tea & Sorcery, More White Meat).^[7]

Credits

• Executive co-producer
  • Love, Inc.^[9]
  • Life on a Stick
• Producer (2003) for Malcolm in the Middle.^[10]
• Writer
  • Life is Wild (1 episode)
  • Big Day (2 episodes)
  • Love, Inc. (3 episodes)
  • Malcolm in the Middle (13^[11] episodes)^[12]
  • Big Wolf on Campus (1 episode)
  • Life on a Stick (2 episodes)
  • Clone (episode 6) ^[13]
  • My Boys, (Season 3, Episode 8, "Friends of Friends")

References

1. ^ Maggie Bandur at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Chu, Henry (April 8, 1992). "Scholars Carry State's Hopes – Education: El Camino Real students, rated among the top contenders, will vie against 48 other championship teams in the U. S. Academic Decathlon". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61666632.html?dids=61666632:61666632&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+08%2C+1992&author=HENRY+CHU&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Scholars+Carry+State%27s+Hopes+Education%3A+El+Camino+Real+students%2C+rated+among+the+top+contenders%2C+will+vie+against+48+other+championship+teams+in+the+U.+S.+Academic+Decathlon.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
3. ^ Hayasaki, Erika (March 12, 2001). "Decathlon's Benefits Not Just Academic; Lessons: Past members of successful El Camino Real High team say experience prepared them for later challenges.". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/69566232.html?dids=69566232:69566232&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+12%2C+2001&author=ERIKA+HAYASAKI&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Decathlon%27s+Benefits+Not+Just+Academic%3B+Lessons%3A+Past+members+of+successful+El+Camino+Real+High+team+say+experience+prepared+them+for+later+challenges.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
4. ^ "Academic Decathletes Return". Daily News of Los Angeles. April 15, 1992. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF615D68F328C14&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
5. ^ Show #3801 - Monday, February 26, 2001, Jeopardy archives
6. ^ Gag Girl Anniversary Marks Growth of Funny Women, New York Resident, March 2008
7. ^ ^{a b} Bio panels of the Summer Shorts Festival, City Theatre
8. ^ "Two and a Half Sitcom Writers Left in Hollywood", The New York Observer, September 16, 2008
9. ^ TV Year, Volume 1: The Prime Time 2005-2006 Season By John Kenneth Muir, 2007, ISBN 1557836841 p. 86
10. ^ "A Slacker Comedy Works Hard to Sell Itself", The New York Times
11. ^ S1/#5 Malcolm Babysits, S1/#11 "Funeral", S1/#16 "Water Park", S2/#9 "High School Play", S2/#13 "New Neighbors", S2/#17 "Surgery", S3/#7 "Christmas", S3/#13 "Cynthia's Back", S4/#5 "Forwards Backwards", S4/#15 "Garage Sale", S4/#17 "Clip Show II", S5/#6 "Malcolm's Job", S5/#18 "Dewey's Special Class"
12. ^ Richmond, Ray (February 18, 2004). "It's our life". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2093402. Retrieved 2009-11-11. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ Clone, cast and crew, a BBC website

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Name	Bandur, Maggie
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Date of birth	February 8, 1974
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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