Aaron Shure is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is known for his work on several comedy series, including ''

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'', '' George and Leo'', ''and

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.'' Shure was

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and

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for season 3 of the TBS comedy, ''

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''; that season was cancelled prior to production.

Career

Television

Born in

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, Shure regularly performed as an underage regular at Comedy Works in Denver. He graduated from

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with a degree in philosophy and later worked as a

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and

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. After moving to Florida, Shure performed on the streets as a member of Streetmosphere, a character-based improv troupe at Disney-MGM Studios. He also developed skills in improvisational comedy at SAK Comedy Lab. Shure began his career as a writer for the CBS series '' George and Leo'', and then as a writer and executive producer for the classic CBS sitcom ''

'' for the next seven years. In that time, Shure received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and five Emmy nominations. The show was named 30-Minute TV Program of the Year by the

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and recognized, along with ''The Office'', as one of the 101 best written television series of all time by the

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. He then moved on to writing and producing for Louis C.K.'s HBO series ''

'', followed by ''

''. From 2008 to 2012, Shure was a writer and producer for the hit

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sitcom ''

'', where he earned three consecutive Emmy nominations and three consecutive WGA nominations for TV Comedy Series, plus an additional WGA TV Episodic Comedy nomination for his episode "

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." He worked on 99 episodes of the series, but not all his ideas made it into the show: an episode about Michael Scott coming back to the office in a messianic mood after spending the night accidentally crucified to a garage door was never filmed, even though Shure pitched it repeatedly. Following ''

'', Shure wrote and produced for

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''. He also created and directed the transmedia series '' Dirty Work'', which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, the first time ever the Television Academy had awarded a property created solely for an online audience. Since 2016, he has written and produced for the TBS comedy series, ''

'', whose executive producers also include

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and Greg Daniels. Shure and

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co-wrote en episode of "Notes on Love" for

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and

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Commentary

Shure's radio commentary has aired on

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and NPR and he once appeared on the ''

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'' during a "Stupid Human Tricks" segment. He has written political commentaries for ''

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'' and mused about the trials of being an expectant father for ''

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''.

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles with his two children and actively supports

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, a non-partisan foundation which says it serves as the people's voice in the nation's capital.

Filmography

As producer

As writer

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Writers Guild of America Awards

References

External links

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The Office 'Two Weeks' Q&A with Aaron Shure
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