Daniel "Danny" Zuker (born c. 1964) is an American television writer and producer.
Biography
Born to a
Jewish
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family, Zuker graduated from
Syracuse University in 1986, where he was a member of the
Psi Upsilon
Psi Upsilon (), commonly known as Psi U, is a North American fraternity,''Psi Upsilon Tablet'' founded at Union College on November 24, 1833. The fraternity reports 50 chapters at colleges and universities throughout North America, some of which ...
fraternity. He is best known for his Emmy Award winning work as an executive producer of ABC's ''
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 ...
''. Zuker has worked in various capacities, on a variety of TV shows, including ''
Just Shoot Me'', ''
Grace Under Fire'', and ''
Roseanne''. Zuker resides in
Manhattan Beach, California with his wife and three children..
Zuker grew up in
Livingston, New Jersey
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and graduated in 1982 from
Livingston High School.
Per the broadcast on April 17, 2013, Zuker also started out as an intern on ''
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...
''.
In May 2012, Zuker gave the keynote address at the graduation convocation of his alma mater, the
S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
On April 15, 2019, Zuker joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the
WGA's stand against the
ATA and the unfair practice of
packaging.
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American television writers
American male television writers
Television producers from California
Jewish American screenwriters
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Manhattan Beach, California
People from Livingston, New Jersey
Livingston High School (New Jersey) alumni
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni
1964 births
Screenwriters from California
Screenwriters from New Jersey
Television producers from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
21st-century American Jews
Television producers from New Jersey
Psi Upsilon