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Judd Apatow
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Screen Story
Biography:A talented screenwriter/producer whose television work is often critically praised before being prematurely canceled, Judd Apatow has a dedicated fan base that has nevertheless continued to grow thanks to such winning efforts as The Ben Stiller Show and Freaks and Geeks. Work on a high-school radio show offered the showbiz hopeful his first taste of success, and in the years following his high-school graduation, the quick-witted aspiring standup comedian hit the comedy circuit to generally positive notice. Apatow's act eventually became a staple of FOX's Comic Strip Live, and when the series was canceled in 1994, he opted to shift his focus toward writing and producing. Though he had already achieved some amount of notoriety as a result of his involvement with such efforts as The Larry Sanders Show and The Ben Stiller Show, Apatow began to move into feature territory as the writer and executive... Full Biography
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Actor Adam Sandler and director Judd Apatow talk about the success of their movie "Funny People,"...
Actor and writer Seth Rogen, right, and writer-producer Judd Apatow pose for a photo while promoting...
Writer-director Judd Apatow in the pregnancy-test aisle of the set of "Knocked Up" (Universal...
Director Judd Apatow on the set of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
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