Gewirtz, Howard

(Howard Abbott Gewirtz)

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Writer and producer. Howard Gewirtz Productions, executive producer.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding comedy series, 1982, for Taxi; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding music and lyrics, 2001, for Gary & Mike.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, The Associates, 1979.

Producer, Taxi, ABC, 1981–82.

Producer and creator, Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(As Howard Abbott Gewirtz) Creator and producer, All Is Forgiven, 1986.

Executive producer and creator, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Fox, 1987.

Executive producer, Wings, NBC, 1990.

Supervising producer, Sibs, ABC, 1991.

Consulting producer, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1997.

Executive producer, Jenny, NBC, 1997.

Executive producer and creator, Oliver Beene, Fox, 2003.

Executive producer, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005.

Also worked as coproducer, Bosom Buddies.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Mr. Success, NBC, 1984.

Executive producer, The Gregory Harrison Show, CBS, 1989.

Co-executive producer, Related by Birth, ABC, 1993.

Executive producer, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

Directed episodes of Oliver Beene, Fox.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Baker, "Of Mice and Tony," Taxi, ABC, 1981.

WRITINGS

Television Pilots:

Mr. Success, NBC, 1984.

"Jerry's Mission," Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Fox, 1987.

The Gregory Harrison Show, CBS, 1989.

(With Mark Reisman) Jenny, 1997.

"Fallout," Oliver Beene, 2004.

Television Episodes:

(With others) Taxi, 1979–82.

(With Ian Praiser) "Mighty Mouth," Three's Company, 1980.

(With Praiser) "Beauty and the Beasts," Bosom Buddies, 1981.

(With Praiser) "Kip Quits," Bosom Buddies, 1981.

(With Praiser and Chris Thompson) "The Rewrite," Bosom Buddies, 1981.

(With Praiser) "The Show Must Go On," Bosom Buddies, 1981.

(With Praiser) "Harold in Love," Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(With Praiser) "Small Cranes Court," Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(With Praiser) "Harold, Can You Spare $4,000?," Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(With Praiser) "Harold at Bat," Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(With Praiser) "Rip Rides Again," Domestic Life, CBS, 1984.

(With others) "With Child," All Is Forgiven, 1986.

(With Praiser) "I Can't Say No," All Is Forgiven, 1986.

"Homer Defined," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1991.

(With others) "The New Producer," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992.

"Come Fly with Me," Wings, NBC, 1993.

"Hey, Nineteen," Wings, NBC, 1994.

(With Steven Levitan) "Call of the Wild," Wings, NBC, 1994.

"The Spark and How to Get It," Wings, NBC, 1994.

(With Levitan) "Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 2," Wings, NBC, 1995.

"Fools Russian," Wings, NBC, 1995.

"Burnin' Down the House: Part 2," Wings, NBC, 1995.

"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong," Wings, NBC, 1995.

"The Team Player," Wings, NBC, 1996.

"… Like a Neighbor Scorned," Wings, NBC, 1996.

(With Mark Reisman) "A Girl's Gotta Merger," Jenny, NBC, 1998.

"Jack Gets Tough," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1999.

"When Nina Met Her Parents," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2000.

"The First Thanksgiving," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2000.

(With Levitan) "Dibs," Oliver Beene, 2004.

(With others) "Daughter for a Day," Oliver Beene, 2004.

Wrote episodes of (as Howard Abbott Gewirtz) The Ellen Burstyn Show; The Fanelli Boys, TNN; On Our Own, CBS; Busting Loose, CBS; Gary and Mike, UPN.

Television Episodes; Stories:

"A Girl's Gotta Love a Wedding," Jenny, NBC, 1997.