Christopher Lloyd (born June 18, 1960) is an American television producer and screenwriter. Lloyd is the co-creator and executive producer of the
ABC mockumentary family sitcom ''
Modern Family
''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...
'', which he co-created and produced with
Steven Levitan
Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created such television series as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', ''Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', and ''R ...
. Lloyd has had an extensive career on many series, primarily ''
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub ...
''.
Lloyd has won 12
Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on ''Modern Family'' and ''Frasier''. He holds the record for Primetime Emmy awards as either a comedy or drama series producer.
Career
Lloyd began screenwriting with the first four seasons of ''
The Golden Girls''. He then wrote for the comedy ''Wings''; then ''Frasier'', where he became its showrunner. While he was executive producer, ''Frasier'' won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. From 1960 to 1964, this category was combined with the Comedy Specials (one time programs) category so that both type ...
for five consecutive years, the first time any series had done so.
Lloyd left ''Frasier'' after its seventh season, then returned to helm its final (eleventh) season. He then produced the series ''
Out of Practice
''Out of Practice'' is an American sitcom television series that was produced by Paramount Television and originally broadcast on sister company CBS from September 19, 2005, to March 29, 2006. With producers Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd ...
'' (where he first worked with ''Modern Family'' Ty Burrell); ''Back To You''; and ''Modern Family'', which also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years. As a screenwriter, Lloyd's work includes the animated feature film ''
Flushed Away
''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan a ...
'' (2006), for which he received an
Annie Award. In 2000, he received an overall deal at Paramount. He quit in 2006 to join Fox in partnership with Steven Levitan.
Personal life
Lloyd is the son of Arline and
sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...
writer
David Lloyd (1934–2009).
[Bruce Weber]
"David Lloyd, 75, Dies; Wrote ‘Chuckles’ Episode"
'' The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', November 12, 2009 Since 1995, he has been married to actress, writer, and voiceover performer
Arleen Sorkin, with whom he has two sons,
Eli and Owen.
Filmography
Writing credits
; ''
The Golden Girls''
* "Second Motherhood"
* “'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas”
* "The Sisters"
* "Dorothy's Prized Pupil"
* "Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself"
* "Strange Bedfellows"
* "The Artist"
* "Mixed Blessings"
* "The One That Got Away"
* "Scared Straight"
* "Blind Date"
* "Little Sister"
; ''
Wings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expre ...
''
* "Marriage, Italian Style"
* "The Taming of the Shrew"
* "Take My Life, Please"
* "Lifeboat"
* "It May Have Happened One Night"
* "Goodbye Old Friend"
; ''
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub ...
''
* "
I Hate Frasier Crane"
* "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
* "Flour Child"
* "Fool Me Once, Shame on You..."
* "Dark Victory"
* "Shrink Rap"
* "
Moon Dance" (with
Joe Keenan,
Rob Greenberg,
Jack Burditt
Jack Burditt is an American producer and screenwriter who has worked on television shows like ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Frasier'', '' 30 Rock'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Modern Family'', and ''The Mindy Project''. He won two Emmy award ...
, Chuck Ranberg,
Anne Flett-Giordano,
Linda Morris and
Vic Rauseo won for
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at
48th Primetime Emmy Awards)
* "
The Show Where Diane Comes Back"
* "Mixed Doubles"
* "The 1000th Show" (with Joe Keenan)
* "Perspectives on Christmas"
* "Good Grief"
* "Rivals"
* "
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
"Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" is the twenty-third and twenty-fourth episode and was the final episode in season 7 of the American sitcom ''Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. ...
" (with Joe Keenan)
* "High Holidays"
* "
Goodnight, Seattle
"Goodnight, Seattle", by Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan, is the series finale of the American sitcom ''Frasier''. It aired on NBC on May 13, 2004, in the 11th year of the series. In syndication, it is a two-part episode.
Plot
Frasier (Kelsey ...
" (with Joe Keenan) (Series Finale)
;''
Modern Family
''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...
''
* "
Pilot
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...
" (with
Steven Levitan
Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created such television series as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', ''Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', and ''R ...
and won for Episodic Comedy at
Writers Guild of America Awards 2009
The 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010.
Nominees
Names in bold denote the winners.
Film Best Adapted Screenplay
* '' Crazy Heart'' ...
and
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards)
* "
Coal Digger"
* "
Up All Night"
* "
Manny Get Your Gun" (story credits)
* "
Party Crasher
''Party Crasher'' is the third English solo album by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. This is his second worldwide-released English solo album under his own name after '' The World According to Gessle'' in 1997. Originally schedu ...
" (with
Danny Zuker
Daniel "Danny" Zuker (born c. 1964) is an American television writer and producer.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family, Zuker graduated from Syracuse University in 1986, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He is best known for hi ...
)"
* "
The Feud" (story credits)
* "
The Wedding (Part 2)" (with
Megan Ganz and
Dan O'Shannon
Dan O'Shannon (born March 10, 1962) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on shows such as ''Newhart'', '' Cheers'', and ''Frasier''. He was an executive producer of the ABC show ''Modern Family'', but left the show at th ...
)
* "Legacy" (with
Jack Burditt
Jack Burditt is an American producer and screenwriter who has worked on television shows like ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Frasier'', '' 30 Rock'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Modern Family'', and ''The Mindy Project''. He won two Emmy award ...
)
* "
Finale" (with
Jack Burditt
Jack Burditt is an American producer and screenwriter who has worked on television shows like ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Frasier'', '' 30 Rock'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Modern Family'', and ''The Mindy Project''. He won two Emmy award ...
,
Elaine Ko, Danny Zucker, Vali Chandrasekaran, Brad Walsh and Paul Corrigan)
Producing credits
* ''
Dream for an Insomniac
''Dream for an Insomniac'' is a 1995 (released in 1996) romantic comedy film written and directed by Tiffanie DeBartolo and starring Ione Skye, Jennifer Aniston, Mackenzie Astin and Michael Landes.
Plot synopsis
Frankie ( Ione Skye) works at he ...
'' (1996)
References
External links
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American male screenwriters
American television writers
Living people
People from Greater Los Angeles
Place of birth missing (living people)
Writers Guild of America Award winners
Showrunners
Annie Award winners
Primetime Emmy Award winners
American male television writers
1960 births