Paul S. Feig is an American director, actor and author. Feig is known for playing Mr. Eugene Pool, Sabrina

Sabrina Spellman

Sabrina J. Spellman is the title character—a half-mortal and a half-witch—from the comic book Sabrina, the Teenage Witch which was later adapted in 1969 by Filmation as a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour . The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo...

's science teacher, on the first season of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...

as well as Tim a camp counselor on the hit kids movie Heavyweights

Heavyweights

Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...

. Feig also created the critically acclaimed show, Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season...

and has directed several episodes of The Office and Arrested Development; plus select episodes of 30 Rock

30 Rock

30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...

, Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...

, Mad Men

Mad Men

Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...

and other television series. Feig has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for writing on Freaks and Geeks and three for directing on The Office. Feig directed the 2011 film Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids (2011 film)

Bridesmaids is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The plot centers on Annie ....

featuring Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American film and television actress who currently appears as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Wiig was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings, and has appeared in several films and television series, including Bridesmaids, MacGruber, Flight of...

.

Life and career

Feig was born in Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 57,236. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby....

. Feig starred in the 1990 movie Ski Patrol

Ski Patrol (film)

Ski Patrol is a 1990 comedy film directed by Richard Correll, and starring Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T.K. Carter, George Lopez, Ray Walston, and Martin Mull.-Cast:*Roger Rose - Jerry Cramer*Yvette Nipar - Ellen*T.K...

. In 1995 Feig co-starred alongside good friend Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....

 in the comedy Heavyweights

Heavyweights

Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...

, in which he played camp counselor Tim. On the first season of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...

, Feig portrayed Mr. Eugene Pool, Sabrina

Sabrina Spellman

Sabrina J. Spellman is the title character—a half-mortal and a half-witch—from the comic book Sabrina, the Teenage Witch which was later adapted in 1969 by Filmation as a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour . The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo...

's science teacher.

Feig created the short-lived NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season...

. The show aired on NBC

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...

 during the 1999–2000 television season. Eighteen episodes were completed, but the series was canceled after only twelve had aired. Despite the short run, Freaks and Geeks has since maintained a devoted cult following. The show had a spot on Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time, and in summer 2008, Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...

ranked Freaks and Geeks as the 13th best show of the past 25 years. Feig was nominated for two Emmys for writing the show's pilot and the season finale.

Directoral credits

• The Office (television)
  • "Office Olympics
    Office Olympics
    "Office Olympics" is the third episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's ninth episode overall. Written by Michael Schur, and directed by Paul Feig, the episode first aired in the United States on October 4, 2005 on NBC.In the episode, Michael...
    
    "
  • "Halloween"
  • "Performance Review
    Performance Review
    "Performance Review" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fourteenth episode overall. It was written by Larry Wilmore and directed by Paul Feig...
    
    "
  • "E-mail Surveillance
    E-mail Surveillance
    "E-mail Surveillance" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fifteenth episode overall...
    
    "
  • "Survivor Man
    Survivor Man
    "Survivor Man" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office—the show's sixty-fourth episode overall. Written by Steve Carell, who also acts on the show as Regional Manager Michael Scott, and directed by Paul Feig, it originally aired on NBC on...
    
    "
  • "Dinner Party
    Dinner Party (The Office)
    "Dinner Party" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office—the show's sixty-sixth episode overall. Written by the writing team of Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Paul Feig, the episode originally aired on NBC on April 10, 2008...
    
    "
  • "Goodbye, Toby
    Goodbye, Toby
    "Goodbye, Toby" is the fourth season hour-long finale of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's seventy-first episode overall...
    
    "
  • "Weight Loss
    Weight Loss (The Office)
    "Weight Loss" is the fifth season premiere of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's seventy-third episode overall. Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and directed by Paul Feig, the episode first aired as a single 60 minute show in the United States on...
    
    "
  • "The Surplus
    The Surplus
    "The Surplus" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the show's eighty-second episode overall. The episode aired in the United States on December 4, 2008 on NBC....
    
    "
  • "Moroccan Christmas
    Moroccan Christmas
    "Moroccan Christmas" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the show's eighty-third episode overall...
    
    "
  • "New Boss"
  • "Dream Team
    Dream Team (The Office)
    "Dream Team" is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the 94th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 9, 2009. In the episode, Pam and Michael try to keep each other motivated as the two form their new...
    
    "
  • "Niagara
    Niagara (The Office)
    "Niagara" is an hour-long episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office. It is the 4th and 5th episodes in the season's episode count and the 104th and 105th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by executive producer Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling, and was...
    
    "
  • "Goodbye, Michael
    Goodbye, Michael
    "Goodbye, Michael" is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season of the American comedy series The Office and the show's 148th episode overall. The episode was written by series developer and executive producer Greg Daniels and was directed by Paul Feig. The episode originally aired on April...
    
    "
• 30 Rock
  30 Rock
  30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
  
  (television)
  • "Cleveland
    Cleveland (30 Rock)
    "Cleveland" is the twentieth episode of the first season of 30 Rock. It was written by one of the season's co-executive producers, Jack Burditt, and one of the season's executive producers, Robert Carlock. It was directed by Paul Feig. It first aired on April 19, 2007 on the NBC network in the...
    
    "
• Parks and Recreation
  Parks and Recreation
  Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...
  
  (television)
  • "Pawnee Zoo
    Pawnee Zoo
    "Pawnee Zoo" is the second season premiere of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the seventh overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on September 17, 2009...
    
    "
• Mad Men
  Mad Men
  Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
  
  (television)
  • "Shoot"
• Weeds
  Weeds (TV series)
  Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
  
  (television)
  • "Risk"
  • "He Taught Me How to Drive By"
  • "The Punishment Lighter"

• Arrested Development (television)
  • "Whistler's Mother"
  • "Let 'Em Eat Cake"
  • "Switch Hitter
    Switch Hitter
    "Switch Hitter" is the 29th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.-Plot:Michael schedules a meeting with Stan Sitwell, President of rival company Sitwell Housing Inc., at the house. Michael thinks that Sitwell sees that the company is in trouble and sees an opportunity whereas G.O.B...
    
    "
  • "Burning Love"
  • "Ready, Aim, Marry Me
    Ready, Aim, Marry Me
    "Ready, Aim, Marry Me" is the thirty-second episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.-Plot:Michael Bluth arrives home to find his mother Lucille in a state of agitation. She's concerned that Lucille Austero is making a power play by buying up shares of Bluth Co...
    
    "
  • "The Cabin Show
    The Cabin Show
    "The Cabin Show" is the forty-first episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. It is the first episode of Season 3.-Synopsis:...
    
    "
  • "The Ocean Walker
    The Ocean Walker
    "The Ocean Walker" is the 46th episode of TV comedy series Arrested Development.-Plot:Michael informs George Sr. and Lucille that he plans to marry Rita. Michael's parents are skeptical about his decision....
    
    "
• Bored to Death
  Bored to Death
  Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York...
  
  (television)
  • "Take a Dive"
  • "The Case of the Lonely White Dove"
• Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City...
  
  (television)
  • "Nose Bleed"
  • "Ring Finger"
  • "Comfort Food"
  • "Twitter"
  • "Candyland"
  • "Apple Bong"
  • "Caregiver"
  • "Bleeding"
  • "Silly String"
  • "Monkey Bits"
  • "P.O. Box"
  • "Sleeping Dogs"
  • "What the Day Brings"
  • "Years of Service"
• Bridesmaids
  Bridesmaids (2011 film)
  Bridesmaids is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The plot centers on Annie ....
  
  (film)
• Unaccompanied Minors
  Unaccompanied Minors
  Unaccompanied Minors is a 2006 comedy film directed by Paul Feig and starring Dyllan Christopher, Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Brett Kelly, Gina Mantegna, and Quinn Shephard. Unaccompanied Minors has been rated PG by the MPAA for "mild rude humor and language"...
  
    (film)

Acting credits

Television

• The Facts of Life
  The Facts of Life (TV series)
  The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
  
  (television)(1986)
  • "The Ratings Game"
• Dirty Dancing
  Dirty Dancing (TV series)
  Dirty Dancing is an American reality television series. It is hosted by Cris Judd. This series is shown on WE: Women's Entertainment.-External links:*...
  
  (television) (1988-1989)
  • "Book of Love"
  • "Turn Me Loose"
  • "Our Day Will Come"
  • "Hit the Road"
  • "Don't Make Me Over"
• thirtysomething (television) (1990)
  • "Pulling Away"
• It's Garry Shandling's Show
  It's Garry Shandling's Show
  It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom which was initially broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The show is notable for its frequent use of breaking the fourth wall to allow characters to speak directly to the audience...
  
  (television) (1990)
  • "The Proposal"
  • "The Honeymoon Show"
  • "Chester Gets a Show"
• Good Sports
  Good Sports
  Good Sports is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS network in 1991, starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal.-Synopsis:The show features the two main characters, Bobby Tannen, a once-famous former football player gone to seed and Gayle Roberts, an ex-Miss America , as mismatched anchors on an...
  
  (television) (1991)
  • "Pros and Ex-Cons"
  • "Electricity"
  • "The Return of Nick"
  • "A Class Act"

• Get a Life
  Get a Life (TV series)
  Get a Life is a television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show starred Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson lived in an apartment above his parents' garage...
  
  (television) (1991)
  • "Chris the Escort"
• The Edge (television) (1992-1993)
• The Jackie Thomas Show
  The Jackie Thomas Show
  The Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention due to its creators Roseanne Arnold, then starring in the fifth season of her top-rated comedy Roseanne, and her husband and Roseanne co-producer Tom...
  
  (television) (1992-1993)
• Roseanne
  Roseanne (TV series)
  Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
  
  (television) (1993)
  • "A Stash from the Past"
• The Good Life (television) (1994)
  • "Paul Dates a Buddhist"
  • "John Takes Out Melissa"
• Hardball (television) (1994)
  • "Whose Strike Is It Anyway?"
• The Louie Show (television) (1996)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
  
  (television) (1996-1997)
• Men Behaving Badly
  Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series)
  Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It was based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name....
  
  (television) (1997)
  • "The Sting"
• Ellen
  Ellen (TV series)
  Ellen is a U.S. television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, producing 109 episodes.The theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas...
  
  (television) (1997)
  • "G.I. Ellen"
• The Drew Carey Show (television) (1998)
  • "From the Earth to the Moon"
• Freaks and Geeks
  Freaks and Geeks
  Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season...
  
  (television) (1999)
  • "I'm with the Band"
• Arrested Development (television) (2005)
  • "Sword of Destiny"
• Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City...
  
  (television) (2010)
  • "Monkey Bits"

Film

• Zombie High
  Zombie High
  -Plot:A teenage girl gains a scholarship to an all-male boarding school, but soon discovers that her fellow classmates are becoming personality-less drones...
  
  (film) (1987)
• Three O'Clock High
  Three O'Clock High
  Three O'Clock High is a 1987 high-school comedy film, directed by Phil Joanou, written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling. It was filmed at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah, but, in part, was inspired by Joanou's own experiences at La Canada High School...
  
  (film) (1987)
• Ski Patrol
  Ski Patrol (film)
  Ski Patrol is a 1990 comedy film directed by Richard Correll, and starring Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T.K. Carter, George Lopez, Ray Walston, and Martin Mull.-Cast:*Roger Rose - Jerry Cramer*Yvette Nipar - Ellen*T.K...
  
  (film) (1990)
• Deep Dish TV (film) (1992)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult  (film) (1994)
• The TV Wheel
  The TV Wheel
  The TV Wheel was a television experiment created by and starring Joel Hodgson, of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. Cable network HBO ordered a pilot, but ultimately passed on picking up the show...
  
  (film) (1995)
• Heavyweights
  Heavyweights
  Heavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...
  
  (film) (1995)
• That Thing You Do!
  That Thing You Do!
  That Thing You Do! is a 1996 comedy-drama musical film written and directed by Tom Hanks. Set in the summer of 1964, the movie tells the story of the quick rise and fall of a one-hit wonder rock band...
  
  (film) (1996)
• My Fellow Americans
  My Fellow Americans
  My Fellow Americans is a 1996 American comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Dan Aykroyd and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents. Lauren Bacall, Esther Rolle, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Yagher also appear in supporting performances...
  
  (film) (1996)
• Life Sold Separately (Film) (1997)
• Statical Planets (film) (1997)
• Bad Dog
  Bad Dog
  Bad Dog may refer to:*Bad Dog an Acousti-Punk / Lo-Fi Performer Bad Dog Frankie Pointless*"Bad Dog" *"Bad Dog" , an episode of Frasier*Bad Dog , a short-lived cartoon series...
  
  (film) (2000)
• Stealing Harvard
  Stealing Harvard
  Stealing Harvard is a 2002 crime comedy film directed by Bruce McCulloch, about a man who resorts to crime to pay for his niece's Harvard tuition....
  
  (film) (2002)
• I Am David
  I Am David (film)
  I Am David is a 2003 film directed by Paul Feig. It is based on the novel I Am David by Anne Holm...
  
  (film) (2003)
• Knocked Up
  Knocked Up
  Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted...
  
  (film) (2007)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
  Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
  Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 music comedy film written and produced by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, directed by Kasdan and starring John C. Reilly...
  
  (film) (2007)
• Bad Teacher
  Bad Teacher
  Bad Teacher is a 2011 comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan based on a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel...
  
  (film) (2011)

External links

• DC Examiner