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MTV.com (accessed February 27, 2007)

Early life

Hong, a

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, graduated from North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania (a suburb of

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). He graduated from

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.Owen, Rob
"TV writer Gene Hong hangs with roomie from Maroon 5"
''Pittsburgh Post Gazette'', July 6, 2009. accessed July 2009.

Writing and producing career

Hong began his career writing sitcoms, serving as a writer/producer for NBC's cult comedy ''Community'', writing the episode " Intro to Felt Surrogacy". His other comedy credits include ABC's '' The Goode Family'', the MTV series '' DJ and the Fro'', '' Friends with Benefits'', and the animated Fox comedy ''

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. He joined the Fox procedural ''Bones'' at the end of season 9, where he served as a writer/producer for three seasons.
at the

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(accessed July 2015) Hong has developed and sold seven television pilots, five with

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and producer Jamie Tarses, one with

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and

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for

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where Hong served as writer, and executive produced along with Maroon 5's

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and

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.,'New NBC comedy'
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'' (accessed July 2011) and one for Fox with ''Bones'' creator Hart Hanson. Hong wrote and produced a tennis dramedy feature film, '' Break Point'', about doubles tennis, which was released in July 2015, produced by Broad Green Pictures. The film stars Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J. K. Simmons, and Amy Smart.

Personal life

During an interview with

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, actor Jake Gyllenhaal referred to Hong as his best friend, claiming he and Levine remain close because they "share a best friend". Hong is involved in the non-profit organizations Kiva.org, Won By One to Jamaica, and The Linden Center, a

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facility for emotionally disturbed children in Los Angeles, California."Kiva Blog"
kivanews.blogspot.com. accessed March 2007.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Gene Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American writers of Korean descent American male screenwriters American television writers Television producers from Pennsylvania Allegheny College alumni Writers from Pittsburgh American male television writers Screenwriters from Pennsylvania American showrunners