Timothy Greenberg
{{Short description|American writer, director and producer}}
Timothy Greenberg is an American writer, director and producer based in New York City. In 2019, Greenberg created the Netflix series Living with Yourself, for which he received a Writers Guild Award nomination."Writers Guild Unveils 2020 TV Award Nominees". variety.com. Retrieved Dec 5, 2019. He also served as an executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he won two Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1308367/awards|title=Timothy Greenberg|website=IMDb}}
Career
Greenberg began his career as a CGI artist-animator on Riven: the sequel to Myst, after winning an animation contest. He was later hired to write and direct the live-action elements for the game, which became one of the top-selling PC titles of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,12174/|title=Tim Greenberg Video Game Credits and Biography – MobyGames|website=MobyGames}} He subsequently co-founded a computer graphics software company based on technology developed for Riven. {{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/1997/06/19/lume-inc-launches-lumetools-collection-for-softimage-mental-ray/|title=Lume Inc. Launches LumeTools Collection for Softimage Mental Ray|date=19 June 1997}}
Following a stint directing commercials, in 2006 he joined The Daily Show as a producer in the field department. While there he directed field segments, including a series filmed in Iran; the subsequent imprisonment of interviewee and journalist Maziar Bahari served as inspiration for Jon Stewart’s 2014 film Rosewater.{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/svn1af/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jason-jones---tim-greenberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009052431/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/svn1af/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jason-jones---tim-greenberg |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |title=Jason Jones & Tim Greenberg – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |publisher=Cc.com |date=2017-03-14 |accessdate=2017-06-20}}{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Chris |date=2016 |title=The Daily Show (The Book):An Oral History as told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff, and Guests |isbn=9781455565382 |edition=1st |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris-smith/the-daily-show-the-book/9781455565382/}} Greenberg was eventually promoted to executive producer of The Daily Show. During his time there he won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two more.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1308367/awards?ref_=nm_awd | title=Timothy Greenberg| website=IMDb}}
He served as an executive producer on Comedy Central's DL Hughley: Endangered List, for which he received a Peabody Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/dl-hughley-the-endangered-list |title=DL Hughley: The Endangered List |publisher=The Peabody Awards |date= |accessdate=2017-06-20}} He later served as executive producer on HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, a docuseries focusing on policing in America.
In February 2017, IFC announced that it had greenlit his scripted dark comedy series Living with Yourself. On August 10, 2018, it was announced that the project had moved to Netflix which had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of eight episodes. Alongside the announcement of the series move to Netflix, it was confirmed that Paul Rudd had been cast in the series' dual lead roles, with Greenberg serving as showrunner, executive producer, and writer of all eight episodes.Petski, Denise (August 10, 2018). "Paul Rudd To Topline Netflix Comedy Series 'Living With Yourself' From Timothy Greenberg". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2018. The series premiered on October 18, 2019, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for Rudd's performance,{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/paul-rudd|title=Paul Rudd}} along with a Writer's Guild Nomination for Greenberg's scripts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-wga-nominations-list-full-1258932/episodic-comedy-10/|title = Writers Guild Awards Unveils TV Nominations|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 5 December 2019}}
In 2023, it was announced that Greenberg is developing Lodi starring Ewan McGregor for Amazon.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2023-04-18 |title=Ewan McGregor to Star in Drama Series ‘Lodi’ in Development at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/ewan-mcgregor-lodi-series-amazon-1235587125/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Personal life
He grew up in Montclair, NJ and graduated from Montclair High School, before attending Dartmouth College. He has been married to Danielle Venokur since August 13, 2009.{{cite web|author=AUG. 15, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/fashion/weddings/16VENOCUR.html?_r=0 |title=Danielle Venokur, Timothy Greenberg – The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=2009-08-15 |accessdate=2017-06-20}}
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Category:American male writers
Category:American television producers