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American writer and producer
Brent Forrester
Education Columbia University Occupation(s ) Writer, producer Years active 1992–present Parent
Brent Forrester is an American writer and producer, who has written for 6 Emmy Award-winning television comedies. He wrote several episodes of the animated television sitcom The Simpsons between 1993 and 1997. He has worked as a writer on The Ben Stiller Show , Mr. Show with Bob and David , Undeclared , Super Fun Night and The Office . He served as head writer and executive producer on King of the Hill , Love , The Office and Space Force . Forrester has also written feature films.
Early life
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Forrester, the son of physician James S. Forrester , grew up as a surfer in Malibu, California . As an undergraduate John Jay Scholar at Columbia University he worked on the university's student TV station, and returned to Los Angeles to begin a career as a TV writer.[1] At Columbia, he roomed with future Chattanooga mayor Tim Kelly in Carman Hall .[1]
Career
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Forrester wrote for The Simpsons between 1993 and 1997.[2] He wrote the episodes: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma ",[3] "Lemon of Troy ",[4] the Krusty Burger segment of "22 Short Films About Springfield ",[5] and "Homerpalooza ". "Homerpalooza" was based on a story by David X. Cohen , although Forrester wrote the script. To do research for the episode, Forrester went to one of the Lollapalooza concerts, which ended up being a horrible experience. Several of the jokes in the episode are based on his experiences: cameras (including his own) were being seized and thrown in the garbage, there were numerous advertisements, several "sour faced teens", a real freak show and at one point a stranger approached Forrester and asked "how's it going, nark ?"[6]
Forrester has also served as executive producer on King of the Hill ,[7] and written for The Ben Stiller Show , Mr. Show with Bob and David [2] and Undeclared . He served as a writer and consulting producer on The Office . He has written seven episodes of the show including "The Merger " and "Business School " and directed the episode "Casual Friday ".[2] He also directed a 2008 series of webisodes of the show,[8] and wrote the NBC.com web series In Gayle We Trust .[9]
He also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film The Stupids .[10] Forrester is writing the film The Low Self Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie with Mindy Kaling ,[11] and a sitcom pilot for Ron Howard .[12]
Forrester also voiced Leon the Drug Addict in the episode of King of the Hill "Junkie Business".[citation needed ]
In May 2012, he became an executive producer for the final season of The Office .[13] In 2014, Netflix announced a two-season comedy series entitled Love co-created by director Judd Apatow , Paul Rust , and Lesley Arfin , with Forrester as executive producer.[14] In 2019–2020 Forrester is executive producer of Space Force directed by Greg Daniels and starring Steve Carell .[15]
Writing credits
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The Simpsons written episodes
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Forrester has written (or co-written) the following episodes:
Mr. Show written episodes
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Forrester has co-written (with Dino Stamatopoulos ) the following sketches from the following episodes:
"The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost" (December 5, 1997) [sketch: "Pre-Taped Call-In Show"]
"Rudy Will Await Your Foundation" (November 9, 1998) [sketch: "Audition"]
Undeclared written episode
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Forrester co-wrote (with Judd Apatow ) the following episode:
"The Perfect Date" (February 19, 2002)
The Office written episodes
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Forrester has written or co-written the following episodes:
"The Merger " (November 16, 2006) - Season 3
"Business School " (February 15, 2007) - Season 3
"Product Recall " co-written with Justin Spitzer (April 26, 2007) - Season 3
"Did I Stutter? " co-written with Justin Spitzer (May 1, 2008) - Season 4
"Business Trip " (November 13, 2008) - Season 5
"Blood Drive " (March 5, 2009) - Season 5
"Mafia " (October 15, 2009) - Season 6
"New Leads " (March 18, 2010) - Season 6
"The Search " (February 3, 2011) - Season 7
"Work Bus " (October 18, 2012) - Season 9
"A.A.R.M. " (May 9, 2013) - Season 9
Love written episodes
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Forrester has written or co-written the following episodes:
"One Long Day" (February 19, 2016) - with Lesley Arfin and Paul Rust
"The Table Read" (February 19, 2016)
Directing credits
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The Office directed episodes
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Forrester has directed the following episodes:
"Casual Friday " (April 30, 2009) - Season 5
"New Leads " (March 18, 2010) - Season 6
"Test the Store " (March 1, 2012) - Season 8
"The Target " (November 29, 2012) - Season 9
References
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^ Mirkin, David. (2005) Commentary for "Homer vs. Patty and Selma", in The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
^ Groening, Matt (2005). The Simpsons season 6 DVD commentary for the episode "Lemon of Troy" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
^ Weinstein, Josh (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Seventh Season DVD commentary for the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
^ Forrester, Brent (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
^ Nollinger, Mark (1998-01-16). "All hail the Kingmakers" . The Courier Mail . p. 006.
^ Burke, Bill (2008-07-09). " 'Office' supplies summer fun in Webisodes". Boston Herald .
^ Slusser, Richard; Torrance, Kelly Jane (2009-09-16). "Arts Etc. Tuning In To TV - Webisodes premiere". The Washington Times . p. B06.
^ Hartl, John (1996-08-31). " 'Stupids' Has A Lot Of Stupid Violence". The Seattle Times . p. F7.
^ "Kaling in movie mode". The Boston Globe . 2009-12-02. p. 16.
^ "Fox Greenlights Ron Howard Pilot". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . 2010-01-28.
^ "Dan Sterling & Brent Forrester Named Executive Producers On NBC's 'The Office' " . Deadline Hollywood . 21 May 2012.
^ "Netflix Nabs Judd Apatow Comedy Series With 2-Season Order; Paul Rust & Gillian Jacobs To Star, Legendary TV To Produce" . Deadline Hollywood . 16 September 2014.
^ Rabinowitz, Dorothy (May 28, 2020). " 'Space Force' Review: Out of This World Office" . Wall Street Journal .
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