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Kevin S. Bright (born 1955) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include Friends and Joey.
Originally from New York City, Kevin started his life around show business under his father Jackie Bright. After graduating magna cum laude from Emerson College, he worked in New York with the Joseph Cates Company where he produced specials for George Burns, Johnny Cash, David Copperfield and Dolly 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 starring Robin Williams, Martin Mull, Harry Shearer, Paul Shaffer and Merrill Markoe.
In 1993, Bright entered a partnership with Marta Kauffman and David Crane to form Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and began a development deal with Warner Brothers Television to produce the comedy series Friends.
After "Friends", he went on to Executive Produce the spin off series "Joey" with Friends producers Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri. It starred Friends actor Matt Leblanc and featured Jennifer Coolidge, also an Emerson 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, MA where he began teaching at his alma mater, Emerson College. At the school, he taught several classes in about sitcom producing and directing. He also executive produced two productions for the school's The Emerson Channel. One was a sketch comedy hour titled "Zebro: A Laugh Show", and the other a sitcom set at the school titled "Browne at Midnight", written by Brad Woolf and Dan Borrelli, that followed a freshman DJ at the school's station WERS 88.9FM.
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Originally from New York City, Kevin started his life around show business under his father Jackie Bright. After graduating magna cum laude from Emerson College, he worked in New York with the Joseph Cates Company where he produced specials for George Burns, Johnny Cash, David Copperfield and Dolly 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 starring Robin Williams, Martin Mull, Harry Shearer, Paul Shaffer and Merrill Markoe.
In 1993, Bright entered a partnership with Marta Kauffman and David Crane to form Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and began a development deal with Warner Brothers Television to produce the comedy series Friends.
After "Friends", he went on to Executive Produce the spin off series "Joey" with Friends producers Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri. It starred Friends actor Matt Leblanc and featured Jennifer Coolidge, also an Emerson 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, MA where he began teaching at his alma mater, Emerson College. At the school, he taught several classes in about sitcom producing and directing. He also executive produced two productions for the school's The Emerson Channel. One was a sketch comedy hour titled "Zebro: A Laugh Show", and the other a sitcom set at the school titled "Browne at Midnight", written by Brad Woolf and Dan Borrelli, that followed a freshman DJ at the school's station WERS 88.9FM.
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Friends is a US situation comedy about a group living in the New York City borough of Manhattan that was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane.
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Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," in Boston, Massachusetts. Emerson's main campus is located near the Boston Common, at the gateway to the Theatre District; it also maintains buildings in Los Angeles and the town of Well,
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Birth name Nathan Birnbaum
Born January 20 1896
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Born January 20 1896
New York, New York, U.S.
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Johnny Cash, born J. R. Cash, (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American, multi-Grammy Award-winning influential country/rock and roll singer-songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash.
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David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin, September 16, 1956) is an American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storytelling.
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Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress, and philanthropist.
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The History of White People in America is a made for TV mockumentary movie first broadcast in 1985.
It stars Martin Mull and was directed by Harry Shearer.
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It stars Martin Mull and was directed by Harry Shearer.
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Born July 21 1951
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Harry Shearer
Birth name Harry Julius Shearer
Born November 23 1943
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Merrill Markoe (born 1951) is an author, a television writer and a sometime standup comedienne. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She has written for many television shows, among them the failed 1977 revival of Laugh In, Newhart,
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Marta Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American TV producer and writer and the creator of the TV series Friends with David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright.
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David Crane (born August 13, 1957 in Philadelphia) is an American writer and producer. He was one of the creators of the TV sitcom Friends, along with his longtime friend Marta Kauffman. He is primarily known for his comedic writing.
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Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions is a production company created by Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane. The company is most notable for their production work on the American sitcom Friends, which aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004.
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Friends is a US situation comedy about a group living in the New York City borough of Manhattan that was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane.
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Birth name Matthew Steven LeBlanc
Born July 25 1971
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LeBlanc at the 1995 Emmy Awards
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Jennifer Coolidge
Born July 28 1963
Boston, Massachusetts
Jennifer Coolidge (August 28, 1963) is an American comedic actress.
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Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," in Boston, Massachusetts. Emerson's main campus is located near the Boston Common, at the gateway to the Theatre District; it also maintains buildings in Los Angeles and the town of Well,
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