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name: "Michael Shipley"
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# Michael Shipley

Writer. Born in Alameda, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1999–2009

## Biography

Michael Shipley is an American television writer and producer. He studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and began his career writing and performing with sketch comedy groups in Los Angeles after graduation.

His writing credits include episodes of *Family Guy* (1999–2003), *American Dad!* (2005–2008), *My Name Is Earl* (2005–2009), *Better Off Ted* (2009–2010), *Last Man Standing* (2011–2017) and *Mom* (2013–2019). He served as executive producer on *Last Man Standing* and co-developed and wrote for the animated series *Mother Up!* (2013) with Eva Longoria. Shipley has received Emmy nominations for his work.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)

## Also known for

- *American Dad!* (2005), Writer
- *Mom* (2013), Story, Teleplay
- *Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas* (2004), Screenplay
- *Last Man Standing* (2011), Writer
- *Hercules* (1998), Writer
- *Unstable* (2023), Writer

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