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David Mandel

Writer, actor, director, producer (born 1969 or 1970)

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David Mandel (born 1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)^[1]) is a writer, actor, director, and producer. He was an executive producer and showrunnerofVeep, and also an executive producer and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld. He is also a comedian,^[2] and one of the producer-directors of the teen-comedy EuroTrip. He was a writer for Seinfeld during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons and also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2003 film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. He is one of the creators of Clerks: The Animated Series, and he was a writer for Saturday Night Live. He had a brief stint as a host of Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion, a comedy video game review show that aired late nights on TBS as part of the Burly Bear Network. The show only lasted a few episodes before the entire block was canceled.

Mandel is also one of the authors of Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie, a comprehensive collection of Star Wars artwork by Ralph McQuarrie, published in 2016 by Abrams Books.^[3]

Since October 2020, Mandel has hosted the podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of detailing movie props and collectables with writer Ryan Condel.^[4]

He is Jewish.^[5]

Filmography[edit]

Seinfeld-related credits[edit]

Mandel wrote the Seinfeld episode "The Bizarro Jerry", and on the commentary track to the DVD, has stated that this was his favorite Seinfeld of the episodes he wrote.

Writer[edit]

• "The Pool Guy"
• "The Friar's Club"
• "The Bizarro Jerry"
• "The Abstinence"
• "The Susie"
• "The Butter Shave"
• "The Voice"
• "The Betrayal"
• "The Maid"
• "The Puerto Rican Day"

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External links[edit]

• David MandelatIMDb

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