Stan Zimmerman is a writer, producer, creator, and director of television, theatre and film. Alongside writing partner, James Berg, he has written for many television series including The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...

, 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...

and Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

and feature films such as The Brady Bunch Movie

The Brady Bunch Movie

The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series The Brady Bunch.The film features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors...

and A Very Brady Sequel

A Very Brady Sequel

A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box...

. Zimmerman/Berg were Creators and Executive Producers of the sitcom, Rita Rocks

Rita Rocks

Rita Rocks is a Lifetime original sitcom that premiered on October 20, 2008. It is the network's first original comedy in over a decade. The series debuted alongside re-runs of Reba as part of a new comedy hour for Tuesday nights, which later changed to Monday nights...

, starring Nicole Sullivan

Nicole Sullivan

Nicole Julianne Sullivan is an American actress, comedian and voice artist. Sullivan is best known for her six seasons on the sketch comedy series MADtv and five seasons on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.She has played a recurring character on Scrubs and voices the villainous Shego in...

 and Tisha Campbell-Martin

Tisha Campbell-Martin

Tisha Michelle Campbell-Martin is an American actress and singer, known for her starring roles in television series Martin and My Wife and Kids and now is starring in the new television series The Protector...

 which ran for 40 episodes on Lifetime Television.

Origins

Zimmerman is originally from Southfield, Michigan

Southfield, Michigan

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.04% is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road...

 where he began writing for his junior high school newspaper. After attending Cranbrook Summer Theatre School for five seasons and Hampton Playhouse for two, Stan headed to New York to get his BFA at NYU/Circle-in-the-Square drama program. He has appeared on Broadway dancing behind Rudolph Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet

Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1956. From 1995 to 2004, the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The company regularly performs classical ballets including Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker, while balancing those classics with pioneering modern...

 and if you look closely you can see him in such films as The Chosen

The Chosen (film)

The Chosen is a 1981 drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, based on the bestselling book of the same name by Chaim Potok published in 1967. It stars Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger. It won three awards at the 1981 Montréal World Film Festival.-Plot:...

, Zelig

Zelig

Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone he's near.The film was shot almost entirely in...

, and Risky Business

Risky Business

Risky Business is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written by Paul Brickman in his directorial debut. It stars Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. The hit film launched Cruise to stardom.-Plot:...

. Zimmerman worked in casting before moving to Los Angeles, where he's been part of one of the longest running comedy writing teams, Zimmerman & Berg. The duo has received two WGA nominations - one for The Golden Girls and one for the infamous lesbian kiss episode of Roseanne.

Directing

Stan made his stage directing debut with the 30th anniversary revival of Gemini at the Celebration Theatre

Celebration Theatre

The Celebration Theatre is a 501 non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles, founded in 1982. The company is located in West Hollywood, on the west end of Theatre Row, and specializes in works representing the Gay and Lesbian experience.-History:...

, then mounted LA productions of A Tuna Christmas

A Tuna Christmas

A Tuna Christmas is the second in a series of comedic plays , each set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The trilogy was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard...

, starring Mindy Sterling

Mindy Sterling

Mindy Lee Sterling is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 30 years, she only began to garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, and has a recurring role as Ms...

 and Patrick Bristow

Patrick Bristow

Patrick Bristow is an American actor and comedian.-Biography:Perhaps best known for his television role as Peter, the gay best friend of Ellen Morgan on the series Ellen, Patrick Bristow is currently a cast member of the Independent Film Channel's critically acclaimed series The Minor...

 at Theatre Asylum, Spike Heels at Actors Circle, BLINK & You Might Miss Me at Asylum Lab, Hollywood Fringe Festival and SF Fringe and most recently Entertaining Mr. Sloane starring Ian Buchanan

Ian Buchanan

Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who appeared on the soap opera All My Children as Dr. Greg Madden.His first major work in the United States was playing the characters Duke Lavery on the soap General Hospital from 1986 to 1989, and Ian McFyfer in series three and four of the comedy...

 and Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo is an English actress and singer-songwriter, best known for portraying Karen Arnold in The Wonder Years and Nicole Wallace, the recurring villain in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Acting career:...

 at the Actors Company. He has directed dfilm with the music video for Whore's Mascara's "All I Want".

Stan also appeared, along with Maxine Lapiduss

Maxine Lapiduss

Maxine Lapiduss is an American television producer, television writer, comedian and businessperson.She has written and produced for such television shows as Charles in Charge, Dharma & Greg, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Ellen, Roseanne, and Home Improvement.In most recent years, Lapiduss has also...

, on Bravo's Sean Hayes produced Situation: Comedy

Situation: Comedy

Situation: Comedy was a reality show that aired on the Bravo network in 2005. It was produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner. The winner of the series was "Stephen's Life". The runner up was "The Sperm Donor".-The Sperm Donor:...

as showrunner/executive producers.

Other writing credits include Brothers

Brothers (TV series)

Brothers is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the cable network Showtime from July 13, 1984 to July 25, 1989, totaling 115 episodes. It was produced by Gary Nardino Productions, in association with two separate divisions of Paramount; first by the Paramount Video division and...

, Fame

Fame (1982 TV series)

Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...

, George Burns Comedy Week

George Burns Comedy Week

George Burns Comedy Week was a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup.As he was age 89 when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series...

, Hooperman

Hooperman

Hooperman is a U.S. television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989. A comedy-drama, the series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law....

, Something Wilder

Something Wilder

Something Wilder is an American sitcom starring Gene Wilder that lasted only one season on NBC, running from October 1, 1994 until June 13, 1995...

and Wanda at Large

Wanda at Large

Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The series was created by and stars comedian Wanda Sykes.-Synopsis:...

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