Andy Robin
{{short description|American film director}}
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Andy Robin (born {{birth based on age as of date|37|2006|3|17|noage=yes}}){{cite news |last=Lemire |first=Christy |date=2006-03-17 |title=Former 'Seinfeld' Writers Keep It Funny, Produce Winning Film |work=The Pensacola News Journal |page=4B |agency=The Associated Press |quote=Kavet and Robin, both 37...}} is a writer who worked on NBC's Seinfeld, alone and with collaborator Gregg Kavet. Their episode "The Fatigues" won the 1997 Writers Guild of America Award.{{cite web|title=Emmys.com – Andy Robin won comedy series award|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/andy-robin}}
Robin and Kavet wrote and directed the feature film Live Free or Die. This independent film won the Jury Prize for best narrative at the 2006 South By Southwest Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book Saving Face – How to Lie, Fake, and Maneuver Your Way Out of Life's Most Awkward Situations, a humorous guide to awkward social situations.[http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Face/Andy-Robin/9780689878909 Saving Face], Simon & Schuster, 192 pages, {{ISBN|9780689878909}}, May 2005
Personal life
Robin attended undergrad at Harvard and after 18 years in show business pursued a medical degree at Brown University.[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/716412 Back to School, After a Career in Comedy], Andrew E. Robin, February 11, 2010 He is currently a psychiatrist.[https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-robin-3868a1153/ Andrew Robin LinkedIn]
Work on ''Seinfeld''
:Season 6 to 8 episodes all written in collaboration with Gregg Kavet.
=Season 4=
=Season 5=
=Season 6=
=Season 7=
=Season 8=
- "The Fatigues"
- "The Comeback"
- "The Nap"
=Season 9=
- "The Slicer" (with Kavet and Darin Henry)
- "The Frogger" (with Kavet, Steve Koren and Dan O'Keefe)
- "The Puerto Rican Day" (with Kavet, Koren, O'Keefe, Alec Berg, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike Feresten, Bruce Eric Kaplan, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer)
Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0732165}}
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Category:American television writers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male television writers
Category:Alpert Medical School alumni
Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners
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