Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Software
References
Interests
Timeline
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Jon Sherman

Television Writer/Producer
Venice,CA

Summary

Three decades of entertainment industry experience ranging from concept and pitch to development and sale, and in all phases of production from pre to post.


Seasoned veteran of comedy, drama, dramedy, action-adventure, half-hour, hour-long, single-camera, multi-camera, procedural, sketch, musical, and animation.


Credits include work for ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, MTV, USA, Fox, Paramount, Disney, Universal, Lifetime, TV Land, and Viacom.


Deep and current relationships with fellow writers, directors, actors, agents, managers, and executives in film and television.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Creator

HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT
Venice, CA
01.2021 - Current
  • Developed pitch and deck for an original half-hour family comedy based on Julie Lythcott-Haims' New York Times best-selling book on overparenting.

Writer/Producer

FUSION
Disney Studios, Blue Sky Animation
03.2020 - 03.2021
  • Developed story, characters, and outline with feature partner Rita Hsiao (Mulan, Toy Story 2) and director Galen Chu (Ice Age, Horton Hears a Who!)

Co-Executive Producer

AMERICAN PRINCESS
Tilted Productions, Lifetime
01.2018 - 06.2019
  • Wrote and produced one-hour comedy series with Jenji Kohan and Jamie Denbo.

Executive Producer

ROYAL PAINS
Universal Cable Productions, USA
01.2008 - 12.2015
  • Writer/Producer of 104 episodes of one-hour procedural medical dramedy on stages and on location in Brooklyn, NYC, and Long Island.
  • Sole or co-writer of 21 episodes.
  • People's Choice series award nominee.
  • GLAAD and ASCAP series award winner .

Writer/Creator/Executive Producer

I'M NOT DEAD YET
Electus Entertainment, TV Land
01.2012 - 12.2012
  • Adapted Israeli comedy Zanzuri as a half-hour comedy pilot starring Ben Falcone, Missy Pyle, and Greg Germann.

Executive Producer

FRASIER
Paramount Studios, NBC
04.1999 - 06.2004
  • Writer/Producer of 125 episodes.
  • Sole or co-writer of 15 episodes.
  • Writer of two of Looper.com's top-10 episodes (Roe To Perdition, Bla-Z-Boy).
  • Multiple Emmy® award and Humanitas prize nominations.

Writer/Creator

DEAD AT 21
Viacom, MTV
01.1994 - 01.1995
  • Created MTV's first scripted series, a half-hour sci-fi action-adventure.
  • CableACE Award nominee, dramatic series.
  • Genesis Award winner, dramatic series.

Writer

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY
Disney Studios, PBS
03.1993 - 12.1994
  • Writer of sketches, segments, parodies, and music videos for Seattle-based Emmy® award-winning educational science-comedy.
  • Environmental Media Award winner for episode, Biodiversity.

Writer/Performer

THE RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE
Devore, CA
04.1991 - 04.1993
  • Seasonal weekend performer for the immersive environmental theatre.
  • Principal member of The Nonesuche Players, a troupe of Elizabethan improvisors.

Instructor

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL
Concord, NH
06.1990 - 08.1990
  • Taught gifted New Hampshire public high school students at the Advanced Studies Program.
  • Produced, directed, and performed in As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
09.1986 - 06.1990

Wine Fundamentals Levels 1 & 2 -

International Sommelier Guild
Los Angeles, CA
01.2004 - 05.2004

Showrunner Training Program

Writers Guild of America
Los Angeles
01.2014 - 03.2014

Skills

    Development

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Software

Final Draft

Highland 2

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Apple Keynote

Apple iMovie

Keynote

References

Carol Flint, writer (E.R., The West Wing)

flijones@aol.com

Nell Scovell, writer (Lean In, Vanity Fair, The Simpsons)

nellscovell@mac.com

Julie Lythcott-Haims, educator and writer

(Stanford Dean of Freshmen, How To Raise An Adult)

me@lythcott-haims.com

Andy Milder, actor (Weeds, Apollo 13, Criminal Minds)

andy@milder.com

Ed Fraiman, director (Murphy's Law, The 100)

ed@fraiman.com


Interests

Travel Cooking Bartending Wine Football Functional Training Obstacle Course Racing

Timeline

Creator

HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT
01.2021 - Current

Writer/Producer

FUSION
03.2020 - 03.2021

Co-Executive Producer

AMERICAN PRINCESS
01.2018 - 06.2019

Showrunner Training Program

Writers Guild of America
01.2014 - 03.2014

Writer/Creator/Executive Producer

I'M NOT DEAD YET
01.2012 - 12.2012

Executive Producer

ROYAL PAINS
01.2008 - 12.2015

Wine Fundamentals Levels 1 & 2 -

International Sommelier Guild
01.2004 - 05.2004

Executive Producer

FRASIER
04.1999 - 06.2004

Writer/Creator

DEAD AT 21
01.1994 - 01.1995

Writer

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY
03.1993 - 12.1994

Writer/Performer

THE RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE
04.1991 - 04.1993

Instructor

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL
06.1990 - 08.1990

Bachelor of Arts - English

Stanford University
09.1986 - 06.1990

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