April Kelly (born April Kalinowski) is an American
television writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
producer, who co-created ''
Boy Meets World
''Boy Meets World'' is an American coming-of-age sitcom created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that aired on ABC for seven seasons between September1993 and May2000. The series centers on Cory Matthews ( Ben Savage) and his friends and f ...
'' and ''
Girl Meets World
''Girl Meets World'' is an American comedy television series created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that premiered on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. The series ran for three seasons, consisting of 72 episodes, and concluded on January ...
'' with
Michael Jacobs.
Career
She was a writer on the shows ''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...
'' and ''
Mork & Mindy
''Mork & Mindy'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of ''Happy Days'', "My Favorite Orkan", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extraterrestr ...
''. She was a producer on ''
Love, Sidney
''Love, Sidney'' is an American sitcom television series which aired two seasons on NBC, from October 28, 1981, to June 6, 1983. It stars Tony Randall as Sidney Shorr (a single, closeted gay man), Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie Morgan (a single mother wi ...
'', ''
9 to 5
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Many countries regulate the work week by law, ...
'', and ''Teachers Only''. She wrote the
TV movies
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
''
I Still Dream of Jeannie
''I Still Dream of Jeannie'' is a 1991 American made-for-television fantasy- comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures Television (in association with Jeannie Entertainment, Carla Singer Productions and Bar-Gene Television) which premiered on ...
'', ''How to Murder a Millionaire'' and ''
Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
''Your Mother Wears Combat Boots'' is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film directed by Anson Williams and starring Barbara Eden, Héctor Elizondo, Meagen Fay, David Kaufman. It premiered as part of '' NBC Monday Night at the Movies'' o ...
'' (under pseudonym Susan Hunter). She also co-created ''
Boy Meets World
''Boy Meets World'' is an American coming-of-age sitcom created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that aired on ABC for seven seasons between September1993 and May2000. The series centers on Cory Matthews ( Ben Savage) and his friends and f ...
'', ''
Girl Meets World
''Girl Meets World'' is an American comedy television series created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that premiered on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. The series ran for three seasons, consisting of 72 episodes, and concluded on January ...
'' and now is the co-executive producer for the first season. She also wrote for the TV series ''The Pursuit of Happiness'' and ''
Becker''. She was the supervising producer on ''
Where I Live'' and ''
Webster''.
She is also the author of ''Winged''. She is also the author of ''Murder in One Take'' which she co-wrote with Marsha Lyons.She also appeared in Daz Black’s short film, Tomb Of The Immortal Cup.
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American screenwriters
American television producers
American women television producers
Showrunners
Living people
American women screenwriters
American women television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American television writers
21st-century American women
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