James R. Stein is an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

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. For his work on ''

The Carol Burnett Show ''The Carol Burnett Show'' is an American variety/sketch comedy television show that originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in fall 1991. It starred Carol Burnett, Harv ...

'' and the 1973 comedy special ''Lily'', Stein has won two

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Selected filmography

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American male screenwriters Television producers from Illinois Primetime Emmy Award winners Screenwriters from Chicago 1950 births Living people Writers Guild of America Award winners {{US-screen-writer-1950s-stub