David Krinsky (born February 27, 1963) is an American writer and producer.

Early life

Born and raised in

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

. He then moved with his family to

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the ...

as a teen, later attended the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

, and co-created the first student produced comedy show on UNC Student Television. He is Jewish.

Career

Krinsky began his career as a writer for the humor magazine '' National Lampoon'', together with

John Altschuler John Altschuler (born 1963) is an American screenwriter and television and film producer. He is known for his collaborative projects with Mike Judge and Dave Krinsky. Early life Altschuler grew up in a Jewish family in Carbondale, Illinois. H ...

, whom he met and began collaborating creatively with while at UNC Chapel Hill, which became a collaboration that continued in the years to come. After selling their screenplays to

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, Universal and

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, they moved to

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and began working as assistant producers for the

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series '' The High Life''. In 1997, Altschuler and Krinsky became writers on 20th Century Fox's ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that initially aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, with four more episodes airing in First-run syndicati ...

''. They worked there for 13 years and ran the show for the final seven seasons. In 2008, they formed Ternion Productions, a film and television production company with

Mike Judge Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He ...

. In 2009, Krinsky, Judge, and Altschuler co-created the show ''

The Goode Family ''The Goode Family'' is an American animated sitcom that originally aired on ABC from May 27 to August 7, 2009. It follows the life of an environmentally responsible but obsessive family. Mike Judge created the show along with former ''King of ...

.'' In 2011, they executive produced and wrote several episodes of

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’s return of ''

Beavis and Butt-head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, Stupi ...

''. Altschuler and Krinsky also co-wrote various features, including ''

Blades of Glory ''Blades of Glory'' is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, written by Jeff Cox, Craig Cox, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. It stars Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as a mismatched pair of banned figure s ...

'' and ''

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'', of which Krinsky also served as an associate producer. In 2013, Altschuler, Judge, and Krinsky co-created the HBO series ''

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''. They are also writing and producing ''Brigadier Gerard'', a feature with

Steve Carell Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2011, 2013), and also worked at several points as a producer, executive producer, writer, a ...

attached to play Brigadier Gerard and

Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, television producer and filmmaker. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003) ...

attached to play Napoleon. In 2015, Krinsky, Altschuler, and

Jeff Stilson Jeff Stilson (born c. 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and TV producer. Biography Stilson was born in Spokane, Washington. He began his stand up career in Seattle in the mid 1980s. As a stand up he has appeared on ''Late Night w ...

co-created the sitcom series '' Lopez'', starring

George Lopez George Edward Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is most known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom '' George Lopez''. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican ...

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gave a 12-episode straight-to-series order in August 2015. The series premiered on March 30, 2016. On June 3, 2016, TV Land renewed ''Lopez'' for a second season. Krinsky has received several Emmy nominations and has won an SXSW Film Award for his writing work on ''

'', shared with Judge, Altschuler, and

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References

External links

*
Ternion Pictures official website
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