Bernie Kukoff

{{short description|American television director, producer and writer}}

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| occupation = Television director, television producer, television writer, theatre director

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Bernie Kukoff is an American television director, producer and writer. He has produced and written for the television series Operation Petticoat, A Touch of Grace, The Cosby Show, Thea, Detective School and Diff'rent Strokes, creating the latter two series with Jeff Harris.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/341029/Bernie-Kukoff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104180813/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/341029/Bernie-Kukoff |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=Bernie Kukoff at Movies & TV |accessdate= July 13, 2011}} He also created the NBC series Rags to Riches.

Kukoff and Harris (with Harry Colomby and Norman Steinberg) also co-scripted the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously with Harris. The film starred Michael Keaton and was directed by Amy Heckerling.

From 1996 to 2007, Kukoff produced a number of stage productions.{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/people/Bernie_Kukoff/ |title=Bernie Kukoff theatre credits |website=BroadwayWorld.com |accessdate= July 13, 2011}}