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name: "Dana Klein"
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# Dana Klein

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** Dana Klein Borkow

## Biography

Dana Klein, also credited as Dana Klein Borkow, is an American television writer and producer. She graduated cum laude from Duke University and began her career in the late 1990s, writing for the sitcoms *Jesse* and *Becker*, where she also served as story editor.

Klein joined the writing staff of *Friends* (1994) in its later seasons, contributing as writer or story writer to eight episodes and working as co-producer, producer and supervising producer across 64 episodes from 2001 to 2004. She later created the CBS series *Friends with Better Lives* (2014), on which she served as executive producer and showrunner, and has created or co-created other series including *9JKL* (2017–2018) and *DMV* (2025–).

Her work on *Friends* earned her a 2002 OFTA Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series. She has been married to actor Mark Feuerstein since 2005.

*Sources: imdb.com, friends.fandom.com, tviv.org, en.wikipedia.org, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Friends* (1994), Fi1m 78, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)

## Also known for

- *Friends with Better Lives* (2014), Creator

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