Brent Forrester
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Education | Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, producer |
Years active | 1992–present |
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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
Early life
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
Forrester wrote for
Forrester has also served as executive producer on
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
The Simpsons written episodes
Forrester has written (or co-written) the following episodes:
- "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (February 26, 1995)
- "Lemon of Troy" (May 14, 1995)
- "22 Short Films About Springfield" [contributor] (April 14, 1996)
- "Homerpalooza" (May 19, 1996)
Mr. Show written episodes
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
Forrester co-wrote (with Judd Apatow) the following episode:
- "The Perfect Date" (February 19, 2002)
The Office written episodes
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
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
The Office directed episodes
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
- ^ a b "The Core Had a Huge Impact on Mayor Tim Kelly '89". Columbia College Today. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ a b c Pressman, Matt (2009-02-12). "The Office: Tricks of the Comedy-Writing Trade". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
- ^ 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.
- 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.