Alec Berg
{{Short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
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| nationality = American
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| alma_mater = Harvard University
| occupation = Screenwriter
| years_active = 1991–present
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Alec Berg (born {{birth based on age as of date|27|1997|12|29|noage=yes}}{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Verne |date=1997-12-29 |title=So, NBC, Who's Next? |work=Newsday |page=B2 |quote=...Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer, are 27-year-old Harvard grads...}}) is an American television writer, director and producer.
Early life, family and education
Berg, who is of Swedish descent,{{cite web |url= http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/103686/ |title='Dictator' Scribes Dish on Sacha Baron Cohen's New Comedy |first=Naomi |last=Pfefferman |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles; jewishjournal.com |date=2012-05-02 |access-date=2018-07-28}} is a graduate of Harvard University.
Career
He wrote for the sitcom Seinfeld. He is co-creator with Bill Hader and executive producer of Barry.{{cite magazine|last=Hiatt |first=Brian |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-and-seinfeld-writers-talk-about-the-legend-of-larry-david-192563/ |title= 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' Writers Talk About the Legend of Larry David |date=20 July 2011 |publisher= | magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= 2014-08-13}} He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the Hat, EuroTrip, and The Dictator. Berg is also an executive producer (and sometime director) of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as an executive producer of Silicon Valley.{{cite web
| title=Interview with Alec Berg| url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/news/2012/03/05/interview-with-alec-berg/| date=2012-03-05
| publisher=Austin Film Festival| access-date=2018-07-28}}{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/bill-hader-barry-hitman-comedy-series-hbo-1201766406/| title=Bill Hader Hitman Comedy 'Barry' Picked Up To Series By HBO| first=Nellie| last= Andreeva| date=2016-06-02| publisher= | website= Deadline Hollywood| access-date=2018-07-28}} In 2016, Berg signed an overall deal with HBO.{{Cite web|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-06-22|title=HBO Inks Overall Deal with 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Alec Berg (EXCLUSIVE)| url= https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/alec-berg-hbo-overall-deal-silicon-valley-barry-1201797479/|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Writing=
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991
| MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody | TV movie | ||
| 1992
| Episode "Date Bait" | ||
| 1994
| Episode "Absence Makes the Head Grow Fonder" | ||
| 1995–2000
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| 1996
| Wrote special material | ||
| 1994–1998
| Seinfeld | 13 episodes | ||
| 2002
| The Barenaked Ladies Show | TV movie | ||
| 2003
| Screenplay | ||
| 2004
| EuroTrip | | ||
| 2004
| Additional dialogue | ||
| 1994, 1998–2009
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 13 episodes | ||
| 2011
| 10 episodes | ||
| 2012
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| 2013
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| 2014–2019
| 7 episodes | ||
| 2018–2023
| Barry | 32 episodes |
=Directing=
=Producing=
=Acting=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999
| Phone Guy No. 1 | | |||
| 2019
| Documentarian | Episode “Exit Event” |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:American comedy writers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American people of Swedish descent
Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners
Category:Harvard College alumni
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