Adam Barr is a television screenwriter and producer best known for his comedy credits including the hit NBC series ''

Will & Grace ''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman ( Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler ( Debra Mes ...

''. In the early nineties he teamed up with best friend

Peter Ocko Peter Ocko (sometimes credited as Pete Ocko) is an American television writer and producer. Ocko has had a very diverse 30-year career in television. He has written and produced for a number of popular television series throughout the 1990s, 2000 ...

, with whom he wrote 12 episodes of ''

Parker Lewis Can't Lose ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Fox from September 1990 to June 1993. It was produced by Clyde Phillips Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. During the last season, the ...

''. Later in the decade the writing duo scripted ten episodes of ''Weird Science'', the series spun off the 1985 sci-fi comedy film of the same name. Perhaps Barr's most notable work was on ''

'', the long-running situation comedy about a gay man and his best friend, which first aired in the US from 1998 to 2006. Barr wrote 18 episodes of the sitcom and had a hand in the production of 70 (variously as Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer or Co-Executive Producer). Barr also guest-starred once in the show: he played the role of Guy in ' Last Of The Really Odd Lovers', episode 23 of season three. Barr also wrote ''and'' directed a short film, ''Mackenheim'', which was produced by

Billy Pollina William Vito Pollina (born June 25, 1961) is an American film and television writer, producer and director. Pollina was born in Harvey, Illinois to Italian immigrants from Sicily. He studied theater at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA ...

in 2002. Most recently, he was involved in the writing of a screenplay for the American adaptation of the Icelandic comedy series '' Næturvaktin'' ("The Night Shift"). He now lives in California with wife and daughter. He graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher ...

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