David Mirkin
American writer, director and producer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1955 · age 71
David Mirkin is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Marymount University.
David Mirkin is read about 97 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
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Matt Groening Produced The Simpsons Movie (2007)
James L. Brooks Produced The Simpsons Movie (2007)
David Silverman Directed The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Al Jean Produced The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Richard Sakai Produced The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Mike Reiss Also in The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Matt Selman Also in The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Julie Kavner Also in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Maggie Roswell Also in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Carolyn Omine Also in May the 12th Be with You (2024)
Dan Castellaneta Also in The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Pamela Hayden Also in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Sigourney Weaver David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Gene Hackman David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Anne Bancroft David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Ray Liotta David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Zach Galifianakis David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Yeardley Smith Also in The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Jeffrey Jones David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
T. J. Thyne David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Elya Baskin David directed Heartbreakers (2001)- Pat Crawford Brown David directed Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Michael Hitchcock David directed Heartbreakers (2001)
Nigel Planer David directed Oh, No! Not THEM!
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After graduating, he became a stand-up comedian, and then moved into television writing. He wrote for the sitcoms Three's Company, It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show and served as showrunner on the series Newhart. After an unsuccessful attempt to remake the British series The Young Ones, Mirkin created Get a Life in 1990. The series starred comedian Chris Elliott and ran for two seasons, despite a lack of support from many Fox network executives, who disliked the show's dark and surreal humor. He moved on to create the sketch show The Edge starring his then-partner, actress Julie Brown.
