Mort Nathan is an American

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and film director. He was one of the co-producers and head writers of the comedy show ''

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''. Nathan won two Emmy awards, two Golden Globes, and a Writers Guild of America award for his work on the series. He has written and produced over 150 hours of

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television shows and directed the feature films '' Boat Trip'', '' Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj'', and '' Bag Boy''. In 1989, he started out KTMB Productions with Barry Fanaro, and two alums from ''

'', Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman, with a deal at

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. Both Fanaro and Nathan subsequently moved to

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in 1992 to start out Fanaro/Nathan Productions.

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