Adam Barr
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Adam Barr is a television screenwriter and producer best known for his comedy credits, including the hit NBC series Will and Grace.
In the early nineties he teamed up with Peter Ocko
, with whom he wrote 12 episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose
. Later in the decade the writing duo scripted ten episodes of Weird Science
, the series spun off the 1985 sci-fi comedy film
of the same name.
Perhaps Barr's most notable work was on Will and Grace, the long-running situation comedy about a gay man and his best friend, which first aired in the US from 1998 to 2006.
Barr wrote 18 episodes of the sitcom and had a hand in the production of 70 (variously as Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer or Co-Executive Producer).
Barr also guest-starred once in the show: he played the role of Guy in 'Last Of The Really Odd Lovers', episode 23 of season three.
Barr also wrote and directed a short film, Mackenheim, which was produced by Billy Pollina
in 2002.
Most recently, he was involved in the writing of a screenplay for the American adaptation of the Icelandic comedy series Næturvaktin
("The Night Shift").
In the early nineties he teamed up with Peter Ocko
Peter Ocko
Peter Ocko is an American television writer and producer who has worked on a number of popular television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s, including Not Necessarily the News, Dinosaurs and Dead Like Me and is currently serving as a co-executive producer on the NBC sitcom The Office...
, with whom he wrote 12 episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris...
. Later in the decade the writing duo scripted ten episodes of Weird Science
Weird Science (TV series)
Weird Science is a mid-1990s American comedy series made for television, based on the 1985 film of the same name.-Plot:The series follows the adventures of Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly , two socially inept high school students in an unspecified town in California...
, the series spun off the 1985 sci-fi comedy film
Weird Science (film)
Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock...
of the same name.
Perhaps Barr's most notable work was on Will and Grace, the long-running situation comedy about a gay man and his best friend, which first aired in the US from 1998 to 2006.
Barr wrote 18 episodes of the sitcom and had a hand in the production of 70 (variously as Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer or Co-Executive Producer).
Barr also guest-starred once in the show: he played the role of Guy in 'Last Of The Really Odd Lovers', episode 23 of season three.
Barr also wrote and directed a short film, Mackenheim, which was produced by Billy Pollina
Billy Pollina
William Vito Pollina, aka Billy Pollina, is an American film and television writer, producer and director. He was born in Harvey, Illinois to Italian immigrants from Sicily....
in 2002.
Most recently, he was involved in the writing of a screenplay for the American adaptation of the Icelandic comedy series Næturvaktin
Næturvaktin
Næturvaktin is an Icelandic television show. It is the first in a trilogy, its sequels being Dagvaktin and Fangavaktin . The series was first shown in 2007 on Stöð 2, on Sundays from 16 September – 9 December. In the same year, the series won an Edda Award for Best TV Series...
("The Night Shift").