Jordan Allen-Dutton
{{short description|American writer, producer, and director (born 1977)}}
Jordan Allen-Dutton (born April 16, 1977) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating the play, The Bomb-itty of Errors, and for his writing on the stop motion television series, Robot Chicken.{{cite web |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=46945 |title=The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=2008-07-17 |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-date=2012-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904142538/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=46945 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Allen-Dutton was born on April 16, 1977, in Palo Alto, California.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/27/style/a-night-out-with-the-bomb-itty-boys-perchance-to-rap.html|title=A NIGHT OUT WITH: The 'Bomb-itty' Boys; Perchance to Rap|date=2000-02-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/coming-this-spring-nerds-a-stage-musical-chronicling-steve-jobs-vs-bill-gates/|title=Nerds is a stage musical chronicling Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates|last=Walton|first=Mark|date=2016-01-15|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ezpnaa/the-steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-musical-is-coming-to-broadway|title=The Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Musical Is Coming to Broadway|last=Oberhaus|first=Daniel|date=2016-01-24|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}} He graduated with a B.F.A. degree from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts at the Experimental Theatre Wing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/apples-windows-bill-gates-and-steve-jobs-are-nerds-in-new-musical-com-137111|title=Apples & Windows: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Are Nerds in New Musical|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=2006|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{When|date=November 2019}}
In 1999, he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, a so-called "Add-Rap-Tation" of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, that mixed hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show debuted in New York (Off-Broadway) at 45 Bleecker St. and went on to run in London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world.{{cite web |last=Cagle |first=Jess |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/10/bomb-itty-errors/ |title=They're Da Bomb |publisher=EW.com |date=2000-02-10 |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019041753/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84987,00.html |url-status=live }} The Bomb-itty is published by Samuel French.
In 2002, Allen-Dutton co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series, Scratch & Burn and attended the Sundance Institute's Screen Writing Lab with a film adaptation of The Bomb-itty of Errors.
In 2004, Allen-Dutton formed Famous Last Nerds with collaborator Erik Weiner their musical comedy Nerds, about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs' rise from garage inventors to titans of the digital age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-bill-gates-steve-jobs-musical-nerds-became-a-debacle-1200105|title=The Fyre Festival of Broadway? How a Bill Gates-Steve Jobs Musical Became a "Trail of Disappointment, Anger and Unpaid Vendors"|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=12 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/theater/nerds-on-broadway-is-canceled.html|title='Nerds' on Broadway Is Canceled|last=Paulson|first=Michael|date=2016-03-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Weeks before their Broadway debut, Famous Last Nerds was abruptly canceled before performances, due to financial troubles.
Allen-Dutton and Weiner's video Shawshank In A Minute was directed by John Landis and won JibJab's Great Sketch Experiment in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sketch/Comedy/prweb480289.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121194207/http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sketch/Comedy/prweb480289.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2007 |title=JibJab Audience Votes Comedy Troupe "Famous Last Nerds" Winner Of Great Sketch Experiment |publisher=Prweb.com |date= |access-date=2010-12-17}} Allen-Dutton co-wrote many songs with Erik Weiner including, "I'm So Straight", "One Line on the Sopranos " and "I Google Myself" produced by Yung Mars.{{cite web|author=Ben Westhoff |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-01-21/music/rappers-with-low-self-esteem-bragging-about-going-broke |title=Rappers with low self-esteem: Bragging about going broke - Page 1 - Music - San Francisco |publisher=SF Weekly |date=2009-01-21 |access-date=2010-12-17}}
Allen-Dutton has also written for and produced television shows such as America's Best Dance Crew, Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood, NBC's The Sing-Off, the MTV Movie Awards, the HBO poetry show Brave New Voices and Lip Sync Battle.
In addition to writing and producing Allen-Dutton founded a software company in 2004 called Talking Panda,{{cite web|url=http://download.cnet.com/mobile/talking-panda/3260-20_4-6310344.html |title=Talking Panda - Software Publisher Profile - Download.com |publisher=Download.cnet.com |date= |access-date=2010-12-17}} that creates applications for mobile devices. Talking Panda's software iLingo a talking phrasebook was among the first products in the apple store {{cite web |url=http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/xtrememac-announces-talking-panda-ilingo-language-translator-for-ipod/ |title=XtremeMac announces Talking Panda iLingo - Language translator for iPod | iLounge News |publisher=Ilounge.com |date=31 August 2004 |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-date=2012-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307155220/http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/xtrememac-announces-talking-panda-ilingo-language-translator-for-ipod/ |url-status=dead }} and was featured in Time Magazine in the Nov 03, 2008, issue. Talking Panda iLingo was also included in the iPhone App store on the day it launched.{{cite web |url=http://www.iphonefootprint.com/2008/07/bon-voyage-ilingo-on-iphone/ |title=Bon Voyage: iLingo on iPhone | iPhone applications | iPhone Games | iPhone Game Reviews | iPhone Tips |iPhone News updated daily. |publisher=iPhone Footprint |date=2008-07-30 |access-date=2010-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713054530/http://www.iphonefootprint.com/2008/07/bon-voyage-ilingo-on-iphone/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.jordanallendutton.com/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190628035029/https://www.famouslastnerds.com/ Famous Last Nerds]
- {{IMDb name|id=1308907|name=Jordan Allen-Dutton}}
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Category:American male television writers
Category:Television writers from California
Category:Television producers from California