Jeff Greenstein 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. ...

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and director. Greenstein was the showrunner of ''

Will & Grace ''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman ( Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler ( Debra Mes ...

'' and '' Dream On'', as well as on ''

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'' and ''

Getting Personal ''Getting Personal'' is an American sitcom created by Jeff Greenstein and Jeff Strauss, that aired on Fox from April 6 to October 16, 1998. Premise A creative director at Old Dog Productions, an ad company in Chicago gets a new boss: the woman ...

'', both of which he created. A member of the Writers Guild and

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, Greenstein also created the television series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Greenstein grew up in

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, and graduated from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learnin ...

with a major in film and dance.

Career

Greenstein was one of the writers on '' The Charmings''. After that, he worked on '' Dream On'' for five seasons, before becoming a writer on the show '' Friends''. He was the co-creator and co-showrunner of ''

'', and also created, produced, wrote for, and was the showrunner on ''

''. Greenstein was the head writer and showrunner for ''

'', and also wrote, executive produced and directed for ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a to ...

''. His directing credits include '' Husbands'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Television

* '' The Charmings'' (writer) * '' Mr. Belvedere'' (writer - 1 episode, 1988) * ''

Charles in Charge ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scot ...

'' (writer - 1 episode, 1989) * '' Dream On'' * ''Incredi-Girl'' (creator/co-executive producer - TV movie, 1993) * '' Friends'' (writer - 4 episodes, 1994–1995) (supervising producer - 23 episodes, 1994–1995) * ''

'' (co-showrunner/co-creator, 19951996) * ''

'' (writer/executive producer, 1998) * ''

'' (head writer, showrunner) * ''

Jake in Progress ''Jake in Progress'' is an American sitcom television series broadcast on ABC from March 13, 2005 to January 9, 2006. Created by Austin Winsberg, the show was originally conceived as a real-time comedy; the first season was to show the first date ...

'' (writer - 1 episode, 2005) (executive producer - 1 episode, 2006) * ''

'' (writer/director/producer) * ''The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud'' (writer/executive producer - TV movie, 2007) * '' Parenthood'' * ''

'' (creator/writer/executive producer - 2011) * '' Husbands'' (director/executive producer) * '' Way to Go'' (writer/director - 1 episode, 2013) * ''

'' (director - 11 episodes, 2013–2015) * '' The Odd Couple (2015 TV series), The Odd Couple'' (director - 4 episodes, 2016) * '' 9JKL'' (director - 2 episodes, 2017) * ''

Happy Together Happy Together may refer to: Music * "Happy Together" (song), a 1967 song by the Turtles that has been covered several times ** ''Happy Together'' (The Turtles album) (1967) ** ''Happy Together'' concert tours in 1985 and from 2010 featuring T ...

'' (director - 2 episodes, 2018) * '' The Neighborhood'' (director - 3 episodes, 2018–2019) * "RVs and Cats" (director - TV special, 2020)

Awards and nominations

Greenstein has been nominated for

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, Producers Guild awards, Writers Guild awards and

CableACE awards The CableACE Award (earlier known as the ACE Awards; ACE was an acronym for "Award for Cable Excellence") is a defunct award that was given by what was then the National Cable Television Association from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in A ...

. He won the 2000 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series as a co-executive producer of ''

''. Greenstein received a 2001 Emmy nomination as a writer for the ''Will & Grace'' one-hour flashback episode "Lows in the Mid-Eighties". In 2009, Greenstein received the P.T. Barnum Award for Excellence in Entertainment, an alumni award from Tufts University.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenstein, Jeff Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Atlanta American television writers Showrunners American television directors American television producers Primetime Emmy Award winners School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni Living people