Biography
John Markus is a television writer and producer. After graduating from Stanford University he began his career writing for Paramount’s apprentice programme and series including Working Stiffs before writing an episode of Taxi in its final season.
He joined the original writing staff of The Cosby Show in 1984, rising to supervising producer and then co-executive producer and show runner. He wrote or co-wrote 67 episodes and remained with the series until 1991. He co-created the spin-off A Different World and later co-created Lateline with Al Franken. Markus served as consulting producer on The Larry Sanders Show and co-wrote two episodes, including the Emmy-nominated “Ellen: Is She Or Isn’t She?”.
His later work includes creating and executive producing the reality series BBQ Pitmasters and writing plays such as The Fabulous Lipitones, co-authored with Mark St. Germain.
