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name: "David Zuckerman"
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born: "28 August 1962"
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# David Zuckerman

Writer. Born 28 August 1962 in Danville, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 August 1962, Danville, California, USA
- **Active:** 1997–1999
- **Also known as:** David Jason Zuckerman
- **Works often with:** Cyndi Tang, Dominic Polcino, Jeff Myers, Julius Wu, Michael Dante DiMartino, Monte Young

## Biography

David J. Zuckerman is an American television writer and producer. Born on 28 August 1962 in Danville, California, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his career as a creative executive before writing for the sitcom *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1993–1995).

Zuckerman wrote four episodes of the animated series *King of the Hill* (1997–1999) and served as supervising producer and co-executive producer on its early seasons. He developed *Family Guy* (1999) with Seth MacFarlane and acted as its original showrunner and executive producer. He later contributed to *American Dad!* (2005) and created the US adaptation of *Wilfred* (2011), on which he also wrote and produced.

Zuckerman received a Primetime Emmy Award and several nominations for his work on animated programmes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1997), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *American Dad!* (2005), Writer
- *Wilfred* (2011), Writer
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), Writer

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