Kevin S Bright


About

Also Known As
Kevin Bright
Born
November 15, 1954

Biography

A native New Yorker, Kevin S. Bright is best known for producing and directing the popular sitcom "Friends." The son of performer Jackie Bright, he began producing television specials in the late 1970s, including a number of comedy shows. During the early '90s, Bright worked as a supervising producer on the sketch-comedy series "In Living Color," and formed a production company with writ...

Biography

A native New Yorker, Kevin S. Bright is best known for producing and directing the popular sitcom "Friends." The son of performer Jackie Bright, he began producing television specials in the late 1970s, including a number of comedy shows. During the early '90s, Bright worked as a supervising producer on the sketch-comedy series "In Living Color," and formed a production company with writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, who created the TV sitcom "Dream On," the series that gave Bright his first shot at directing. In '94, Crane and Kauffman worked with Bright to premiere "Friends," which went on to become one of the most successful television comedies of all time. Overseeing "Friends" for a decade as an executive producer, Bright also directed more than 50 episodes of the series, and later worked in the same roles for the spin-off "Joey." Following the cancellation of "Joey," Bright moved back to Boston, where he had attended college, and embarked on a teaching career.

Filmography

 

Producer (Feature Film)

A Smaller World "Big Baby" (1992)
Executive Producer

Director (Special)

The One With All The Other Ones: A Friends Retrospective (2004)
Director
Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen (2001)
Director

Cast (Special)

A Farewell to Friends: A Dateline Special (2004)
AFI Presents "TV or Not TV?" (1990)
2nd Loser

Producer (Special)

The One With All The Other Ones: A Friends Retrospective (2004)
Executive Producer
Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen (2001)
Executive Producer
Couples (1994)
Executive Producer
King of the Mountain (1990)
Executive Producer
AFI Presents "TV or Not TV?" (1990)
Executive Producer
The Magic of David Copperfield: The Bermuda Triangle (1988)
Producer
Harry Shearer... The Magic of Live (1988)
Executive Producer
Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988)
Executive Producer
Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988)
Producer
Harry Shearer... The Magic of Live (1988)
Producer
Paul Shaffer: Viva Shaf Vegas (1987)
Producer
This Week Indoors (1987)
Producer
Martin Mull Live! From North Ridgeville (1987)
Producer
Kraft Salutes the Magic of David Copperfield... In China (1986)
Producer
George Burns' 90th Birthday Special (1986)
Associate Producer
George Burns' 90th Birthday Special (1986)
Executive In Charge Of Production
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986)
Producer
FTV (1985)
Producer
The Magic of David Copperfield (1985)
Producer
The Magic of David Copperfield (1984)
Producer
George Burns' How to Live to Be 100 (1984)
Producer
Magic With the Stars (1982)
Associate Producer

Producer (TV Mini-Series)

Martin Mull in "Portrait of a White Marriage" (1988)
Producer

Life Events

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