Howard Klein is an American television producer and talent manager.[1] He is one of the founding partners in the production and management company 3 Arts Entertainment, alongside Erwin Stoff and Michael Rotenberg. He is best known for being an executive producer of Never Have I Ever (TV series), The Sex Lives of College Girls, The Office,[2] Parks and Recreation, King of the Hill[3] and The Mindy Project.[4][5]
Klein is a two-time Emmy winner for The Office and King of the Hill respectively. Some of his other past projects include Emmy-award nominated series Carnivale (HBO), The Starter Wife (miniseries), and Jessica Jones. He is also a producer on Mindy Kaling’s feature Late Night, which premiered at Sundance. The film’s U.S. rights were acquired by Amazon Studios.[6]
Klein started his career as an agent at International Creative Management (ICM) and then worked for the Brillstein Company before leaving to form 3 Arts Entertainment in 1991.[7]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The I'm Exhausted Concert | Executive producer |
| 1990 | The Jackie Bison Show | Executive producer |
| Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed | Executive producer | |
| 1991 | Lookwell | Co-executive producer |
| 1993 | Hexed | Executive producer |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Executive producer | |
| 1994 | Galaxy Beat | Executive producer |
| 1996 | The Tomorrow Man | Executive producer |
| 1997-2009 | King of the Hill | Executive producer, 94 episodes |
| 2000 | Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly | Executive producer |
| Life's Too Short | Co-executive producer | |
| Monsignor Martinez | Executive producer | |
| 2003 | Greetings from Tucson | Executive producer, 2 episodes |
| 2003-2005 | Carnivàle | Executive producer, 24 episodes |
| 2005 | Early Bird | Executive producer |
| 2005-2013 | The Office | Executive producer, 166 episodes |
| 2006-2008 | Off the Record | Executive producer, 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Starter Wife (miniseries) | Executive producer, 6 episodes |
| 2008 | The Starter Wife (TV series) | Executive producer, 10 episodes |
| 2009-2020 | Parks and Recreation | Executive producer, 125 episodes |
| 2012 | Friday Night Dinner | Executive producer |
| 2012-2017 | The Mindy Project | Executive producer, 106 episodes |
| 2013 | Red Widow | Executive producer, 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Mr. Robinson | Executive producer, 6 episodes |
| Jessica Jones | Executive producer, 13 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Good Cop | Executive producer, 10 episodes |
| 2019 | The Misery Index | Executive producer, 12 episodes |
| 2020 | Never Have I Ever | Executive producer, 10 episodes[8] |
| Upload | Executive producer, 10 episodes | |
| Space Force | Executive producer, 10 episodes | |
| 2021 | Ordinary Joe | Executive producer, 13 episodes |
| 2021 | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Executive Producer |
