Mort Nathan

{{Short description|American producer, writer, and director}}

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Mort Nathan is an American television producer, screenwriter and film director. He was one of the co-producers and head writers of the comedy show The Golden Girls. Nathan won two Emmy awards, two Golden Globes, and a Writers Guild of America award for his work on the series.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He has written and produced over 150 hours of prime time television shows and directed the feature films Boat Trip, Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, and Bag Boy. In 1989, he started out KTMB Productions with Barry Fanaro, and two alums from The Golden Girls, Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman, with a deal at Touchstone Television.{{Cite news|date=1989-05-01|title=Disney development deals|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-05-01-OCR-Page-0112.pdf|access-date=2021-08-08}} Both Fanaro and Nathan subsequently moved to Paramount Television in 1992 to start out Fanaro/Nathan Productions.{{Cite news|date=1992-07-13|title=Paramount and Disney get creattive|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/92-OCR/BC-1992-07-13-OCR-Page-0011.pdf|access-date=2021-08-30}}