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Michael Colton

Drehbuchautor / Publizist | * 07.04.1975 (48) | Cambridge (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA))
Michael Colton (born 1975) is an American screenwriter and former journalist. With writing partner John Aboud, he was a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows, including I Love the '80s. ()

Michael Colton (born 1975) is a an American screenwriter, producer, comedian, and former journalist. Colton was a staff writer for theWashingtonPostStyle section and has also written for theNew York Times Magazine, theLos AngelesTimesand theBostonGlobe.While a senior at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, he co-wrote the SAT guide "Up Your Score." He graduated in 1997 from Harvard University, where he was an editor at both the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Crimson.Before moving to Los Angeles, Colton and Aboud founded and ran Modern Humorist (2000-2003), an award-winning online magazine and comedy collective based in Brooklyn. In addition to a daily magazine, Modern Humorist published three books with Crown Publishing, including the best-sellingMy First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush. Modern Humorist also helped develop ad campaigns for Microsoft, Time Warner Cable and Amazon.For most of the ’00s, Colton and Aboud appeared regularly as panelists on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. They also appeared onI Love the 70s/80s/90s/00s etc. They have been panelists, separately and together, on CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CMT, NPR,The Today Show, and the DVD releases ofBeverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place.During the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007-8, Colton and Aboud created AMPTP.com, a parody of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' official website, AMPTP.org.He is half of the writing and production team Colton & Aboud; their production cards are designed like record album covers and can also be seen on their website.They were executive producers on the HBO Max showClose Enoughfor seasons two and three. We wrote for Comedy Central’sThe Fake News with Ted Nelms, which won a 2019 Writers Guild Award for Best Variety Special. Other credits include the DreamWorks Animation filmPenguins of Madagascar; TNT’sLeverage; Adult Swim’s Childrens HospitalandNewsreaders; and Fox’s animated showsAllen Gregory and Sit Down Shut Up.Colton and Aboud wrote and producedA Futile and Stupid Gesture,a biopic about Doug Kenney and the origins of the National Lampoon. They wrote and produced ananimatedZoolanderseriesthat’s streaming on Paramount+; co-wrote the filmThe Comebacks; and have written pilots and specials for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Comedy Central, TBS, VH1 and Adult Swim. Their writing has also appeared inEsquire,Cosmopolitan,Fortune,New YorkandTime.They are the creators and showrunners of ABC’sHome Economicswhich debuted in April 2021.

Häufigste Genres für diese Person: Komödien | Animation / Zeichentrick | Dramen

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TV-Shows/Serien mit Michael Colton als Schauspieler(4)

Filme mit Michael Colton als Crew-Mitglied(7)

Production/Executive Producer2018 Eine nutzlose und dumme Geste
Writing/Screenplay2018 Eine nutzlose und dumme Geste
Production/Producer2016 Zoolander: Super Model
Writing/Writer2016 Zoolander: Super Model
Writing/Screenplay2014 Die Pinguine aus Madagascar
Writing/Story2014 Die Pinguine aus Madagascar
Writing/Author2007 The Comebacks

TV-Shows/Serien mit Michael Colton als Crew-Mitglied(7)

Production/Executive Producer2021 Home Economics
Writing/Writer2021 Home Economics
Creator/Creator2021 Home Economics
Production/Executive Producer2020 Close Enough
Writing/Writer2020 Close Enough
Writing/Writer2011 Allen Gregory
Writing/Writer2008 Leverage

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Vollständiger Name: Michael Colton
Geburtsdatum: Montag, 07.04. 1975 (April) in Cambridge (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)) (aktuelles Alter: 48 Jahre + 356 Tage)
Sternzeichen: Widder (Chinesisches Sternzeichen: Hase)
Sprachen: Englisch (EN)
Ausgebildet an: Harvard University
Andere Namen für Michael Colton (Spitznamen, Fremdsprachen etc.):
"Mike Colton"
"Colton & Aboud"
"Michael Ross Colton"
Michael Colton arbeitet häufig zusammen mit diesen Personen:
John Aboud (17x, Crew)
Roger Craig Smith (12x, Schauspieler)
J.G. Quintel (8x, Crew)
John Rogers (7x, Crew)
Scott Whyte (6x, Schauspieler)
Fred Tatasciore (4x, Schauspieler)
Dean Devlin (4x, Crew)
Courtenay Taylor (4x, Schauspielerin)
Calvin Wong (4x, Crew)
Kimiko Glenn (4x, Schauspielerin)
David Wain (3x, Schauspieler)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12787, Hinzugefügt: 06.05.2018, Zuletzt aktualisiert: 26.03.2024