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 ''

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'', which he co-created and produced with Steven Levitan. Lloyd has had an extensive career on many series, primarily ''

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''. Lloyd has won 12

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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 ''

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''. He then wrote for the comedy ''Wings''; then ''Frasier'', where he became its showrunner. While he was executive producer, ''Frasier'' won the

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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'' (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 ''

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'' (2006), for which he received an

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. In 2000, he received an overall deal at Paramount. He quit in 2006 to join Fox in partnership with Steven Levitan.

Personal life

Lloyd was born in

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, the son of Arline and

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writer David Lloyd (1934–2009).Bruce Weber
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'', November 12, 2009 From 1995 until her death in 2023, he was married to actress, writer, and voiceover performer Arleen Sorkin, with whom he had two sons, Eli and Owen.

Filmography

Writing credits

; ''

'' * "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'' * "Marriage, Italian Style" * "The Taming of the Shrew" * "Take My Life, Please" * "Lifeboat" * "It May Have Happened One Night" * "Goodbye Old Friend" ; ''

'' * " 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, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano,

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and

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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" (with Joe Keenan) * "High Holidays" * " Goodnight, Seattle" (with Joe Keenan) (Series Finale) ;''

'' * "

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" (with Steven Levitan and won for Episodic Comedy at Writers Guild of America Awards 2009 and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the

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) * " Coal Digger" * " Up All Night" * " Manny Get Your Gun" (story credits) * " Party Crasher" (with Danny Zuker)" * " The Feud" (story credits) * " The Wedding (Part 2)" (with Megan Ganz and Dan O'Shannon) * "Legacy" (with Jack Burditt) * " Finale (Part 2)" (with Jack Burditt, Elaine Ko, Danny Zucker, Vali Chandrasekaran, Brad Walsh and Paul Corrigan)

Producing credits

* '' Dream for an Insomniac'' (1996)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Christopher 1960 births Living people 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers American male screenwriters American male television writers American television writers American showrunners Annie Award winners Mass media people from Greater Los Angeles Place of birth missing (living people) Primetime Emmy Award winners American television show creators Writers Guild of America Award winners