DAVID MISCH 1027 Princeton St.; Santa Monica, CA 90403 310-453-8633; [email protected] www.davidmisch.com
Instructor – Writer (WGA) – Director – Producer
TEACHING Mount St. Mary’s College – Lecturer “History and Theory of Comedy”; September 2011 Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles) “What’s So Funny: A Survey of American Comedy”; April 2011 UCLA, Herb Alpert School of Music – Lecturer “Musical Satire”; March 2011 S.F. State Univ. College of Extended Learning, Osher Lifelong Learning Inst. – Lecturer “What’s So Funny: A Survey of American Comedy”; February 2011 Pepperdine University – panel “Screenwriting: The Serious Business of Writing Comedy in Hollywood”; Feb. 2011 UCLA Extension, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Instructor “What’s So Funny: A Survey of American Comedy”; May 2010 [eval. available] Mount St. Mary’s Weekend College – Adjunct Faculty “What’s So Funny: A Survey of American Comedy”; May 2010 (academic credit) Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles) – Lecturer “What’s So Funny: A Survey of American Comedy”; January 2010 [eval. available] American Film Institute – Lecture “Writing for Television: Adult Animation – ‘Duckman’”; January 2010 Pomona College – Lecture “Sitcom Writing”: “Telev. Authorship” (Assoc. Prof. Kathl. Fitzpatrick); Nov. 2009 Pepperdine University – lecture “Sitcom Writing”: “History of American Cinema and Television” (Ass’t Prof. Leslie Kreiner Wilson); October 2009 Electronic Arts (Vancouver) – lecture “Comedy”; May 2002 American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (New York) – co-instructor “Television Comedy Writing” (seminar); 1990-92 New York University, Tisch School of the Arts – substitute teacher “Writing For Television” (academic class); 1991
EDUCATION B.A. – English Literature, Pomona College
TELEVISION WRITER “Ogden Mall Force” {pilot; Disney TV Animation} “Behind The Camera: The Unauthorized Story Of ‘Mork & Mindy’” {TV movie; NBC Universal} [Prism Award – Best TV Movie or Miniseries] DAVID MISCH -2-
“Dick Profane” {pilot; MTV}: Co-Writer (with Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn, Gene Laufenberg) “The Bloodthirsty Pirettes” {pilot; Disney TV Animation} (idea by Darin McGowan) “Married Alive” {pilot; Showtime}: Co-Writer (with Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn) “She Spies” {series; MGM TV / NBC Studios; syndicated}: Executive Consultant [“5 TV Spies To Love On DVD”, Time Magazine] “Penny For Your Thoughts” {pilot; ABC Family} “Jack of All Trades” {series; Studios USA; syndicated} “Now I Know What You’re Thinking...” {pilot; UPN} “Spy In The House” {pilot; Lifetime} “Hut Sluts” {pilot; HBO} (with Jill Soloway) “Wolf At The Door” {pilot; Fox} “Duckman” {series; USA}: Executive Producer (show-runner) [Awards include 3 Emmy nominations, CableAce, Banff International Television Festival – Best Animated Program] “The Housewives” {pilot; CBS} (idea by Hope Juber) “Bob’s Supernatural Dinner Theater” {pilot; HBO} (with Bruce Feirstein) “What About Me?” {pilot; Fox} (with Bruce Feirstein) “Dan Danger, Ph. D.” {pilot; CBS} “Monsters”: “My Zombie Lover”, “Taps” {episodes; Laurel EFX; syndicated} (with Larry Charles; with Bill Burnett) “Take Five” {series; CBS} “Inner Tube” {pilot; Henson} “Washingtoon”: “Foreheadgate” {episode; Showtime} “Starstruck” {pilot; ABC} “End of the World” {pilot; Showtime} “Saturday Night Live”: Jesse Jackson, Bob Uecker {episodes; NBC} “Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta” {special; PBS} (music & lyrics by Peggy Black & Bill Burnett): also Producer “The Debate” {special; HBO} “Callahan” {pilot; ABC} (with Ken Finkleman) [shown in program, “The Art of the Pilot”, L.A. County Museum of Art Television Festival] “Police Squad!” {series; ABC}: Executive Story Editor “Leave It To Dave” {David Letterman talk-show pilot; NBC} (with Merrill Markoe) “Mork & Mindy” {series; ABC}: Story Editor [Emmy – Best New Comedy Series]
DIRECTOR “Monsters”: “Taps”, “My Zombie Lover” (“Zombie” selected for competition, Banff Inter- national Television Festival)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (Showrunner) “Duckman” “Take Five” “Callahan”: Co-Executive Producer
FILM “Mascots” [Threshold] DAVID MISCH -3-
“Summer House” [MGM] “Defrosted” [Touchstone] “Disturbing The Peace” [Warner Bros.] “Fast Forward” [Warner Bros.] “Girl-Grabbers From Venus” [Warner Bros.] “The Muppets Take Manhattan” [Tri-Star]: Special Consultant “Convention” [Disney]: Co-Story, Screenplay
THEATER “Occupied” {Blank Theatre, Living Room Series, Los Angeles} “Strange Days” {sketches; HBO Workspace, Los Angeles} “The Ombudsman’s Daughter” {one-act play; Burbage Theater, Los Angeles} “Restaurant” {one-act play; Manhattan Punch Line, New York City} “Art For Art’s Sake” {one-act play; Manhattan Punch Line, New York City} “Hip Pocket Musicals” {musical; Pepsico Summerfare – SUNY, Purchase}: Libretto “The Nothin’ Show” {sketches; Beacon Theater – Boston}
INTERNET www.huffingtonpost.com/david-misch NationalLampoon.com
PROSE May Contain Nuts {Humor Anthology; Harper-perennial]: “Alumni Notes”
OTHER Folksinger/standup comedian, 1973-1979: opened for Billy Joel, Talking Heads, The Persuasions; named “Best Comedian In Boston”, Boston Magazine , 1976 Radio show: “Happy Trails”, WCAS-AM (Boston), 1974-6 Song: “Somerville”, released by Fretless Records, 1975 ( http://www.archive.org/details/- Somerville_By_David_Misch ) Freelance journalist: “Soho News”, “Spy”, “The Realist” Developed videogame: “Killer Beez”, Electronic Arts