Gregg Kavet
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Gregg Kavet is a writer and director who worked on NBC
's Seinfeld
for several seasons with collaborator Andy Robin
. The team wrote episodes including "The Jimmy", "The Hot Tub
", "The Caddy", "The Bottle Deposit", "The Fatigues
", "The Comeback", "The Nap
", and "The Slicer
". The Fatigues won the 1997 Writers Guild of America Award
for best television comedy.
Kavet and Robin wrote and directed the feature film Live Free or Die
. This independent film won the Jury Prize for best narrative at the 2006 South By Southwest
Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival
. They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book Saving Face, a humorous guide to awkward social situations.
Kavet grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts
, attending Wayland High School
and Harvard University
. He currently makes his home in Los Angeles
.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
for several seasons with collaborator Andy Robin
Andy Robin
Andy Robin is a writer and director and student at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He started his career at Saturday Night Live and spent several seasons on NBC's Seinfeld, initially solo, later partnering with collaborator Gregg Kavet...
. The team wrote episodes including "The Jimmy", "The Hot Tub
The Hot Tub
"The Hot Tub" is the 115th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 5th episode for the 7th season. It aired on October 19, 1995.-Plot:...
", "The Caddy", "The Bottle Deposit", "The Fatigues
The Fatigues
"The Fatigues" is the 140th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This was the sixth episode for the eighth season. It aired on October 31, 1996.-Plot:...
", "The Comeback", "The Nap
The Nap
"The Nap" is the 152nd episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 18th episode for the 8th season. It aired on April 10, 1997. Larry David returned as recurring character George Steinbrenner, whom he would play in two other episodes near the end of this season and in the show's final...
", and "The Slicer
The Slicer
"The Slicer" is the 163rd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 7th episode of the 9th and final season. It first aired on November 13, 1997.-Plot:...
". The Fatigues won the 1997 Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
for best television comedy.
Kavet and Robin wrote and directed the feature film Live Free or Die
Live Free or Die (film)
Live Free or Die is a 2006 American comedy film starring Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Rapaport, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Dunn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach...
. This independent film won the Jury Prize for best narrative at the 2006 South By Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
. They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book Saving Face, a humorous guide to awkward social situations.
Kavet grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,994 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.-History:...
, attending Wayland High School
Wayland High School
Wayland High School is a secondary school located at 264 Old Connecticut Path in Wayland, Massachusetts. Its principal is Patrick Tutwiler. The style of the high school was inspired by college campuses: there are 8 separate buildings, each dedicated to one or more general areas of study. ...
and Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He currently makes his home in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Work on Seinfeld
- All written in collaboration with Andy RobinAndy RobinAndy Robin is a writer and director and student at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He started his career at Saturday Night Live and spent several seasons on NBC's Seinfeld, initially solo, later partnering with collaborator Gregg Kavet...
, unless otherwise noted.
Season 7
- "The Hot TubThe Hot Tub"The Hot Tub" is the 115th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 5th episode for the 7th season. It aired on October 19, 1995.-Plot:...
" - "The Caddy"
- "The Bottle Deposit"
Season 9
- "The SlicerThe Slicer"The Slicer" is the 163rd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 7th episode of the 9th and final season. It first aired on November 13, 1997.-Plot:...
" (with Robin and Darin HenryDarin HenryDarin Henry is an American television writer. He has written for many different television series, including Seinfeld, Futurama and The War at Home...
) - "The FroggerThe Frogger"The Frogger" is the 174th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 18th episode for the 9th and final season. It first aired on April 23, 1998.-Plot:...
" (with Robin, Steve KorenSteve KorenSteven Wayne Koren is an American screenwriter. He was one of the writers for the movies Bruce Almighty, Click, Superstar, and A Night at the Roxbury, and wrote for Saturday Night Live and Seinfeld....
and Dan O'KeefeDan O'Keefe (writer)Daniel Lawrence O'Keefe is a former editor at Reader's Digest, author, and the inventor of Festivus, an annual secular holiday now celebrated on December 23...
) - "The Puerto Rican DayThe Puerto Rican Day"The Puerto Rican Day Parade" is the 176th and antepenultimate episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It aired on May 7, 1998, and was the 20th episode of the 9th and final season. It was the show's second-highest-rated episode of all time, with 38.8 million viewers, only behind the series finale...
" (with Robin, Koren, O'Keefe, Alec BergAlec BergAlec Berg is a comedy writer, best known as a writer for the sitcom Seinfeld. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the Hat, EuroTrip, and The Dictator...
, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike FerestenSpike FerestenSpike Feresten is an American television writer, screenwriter and television personality.-Origins and early career:Feresten was born September 3, 1964 in Fall River and raised in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. Feresten then attended Berklee College of Music in...
, Bruce Eric KaplanBruce Eric KaplanBruce Eric Kaplan, known as BEK, is an American cartoonist whose single-panel cartoons frequently appear in The New Yorker. His cartoons are known for their signature simplistic style and often dark humor. Kaplan is also a screenwriter and has worked on Seinfeld and on Six Feet Under...
, David MandelDavid MandelDavid Mandel is an executive producer and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm , and one of the producers of the teen-comedy Eurotrip. He was a writer for Seinfeld during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons. He is also one of the creators of Clerks: The Animated Series, and he was a writer for...
, and Jeff SchafferJeff SchafferJeff Schaffer is an American film and television director, writer, and producer.-Television:Schaffer wrote several episodes of Seinfeld. He also served as executive producer during season 9...
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