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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Lowell Ganz Biography (1948-)
Born August 31, 1948, in New York, NY; son of Irving (an arts supply executive) and Jean (maiden name, Farber) Ganz; married Jeanne Russo (a research assistant), December 26, 1976; children: Scott, Allison, Simon. Addresses:Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: Writers Guild of America West Inc., 8955 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90048.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, screenwriter, director, actor
- Birth Details
- August 31, 1948
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Executive Producer
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Series
- (With Mark Rothman) Busting Loose, CBS, 1977
- (With Rothman and Ned Shankman) The Ted Knight Show, CBS, 1978
- (And creator with Garry K. Marshall) Makin' It, ABC, 1979
- (With Marshall, Ronny Hallin, and Thomas L. Miller; and creator) Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
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Herndon, 1983
- (And character creator, with Babaloo Mandel) Gung Ho, ABC, 1986-1987
- (With Mandel) Knight and Daye, NBC, 1989
- (With Ron Howard, Mandel, and others) Parenthood (based on movie of same title), NBC, 1990-1991
- (And creator) A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
- (And creator) Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997-1998
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Television Producer
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Series
- (With others; and cocreator) Laverne and Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
- (With Hal Sitowitz, Ray Irvings, and Jeffrey Ganz) Foul Play, ABC,1981
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Television Work
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Series
- Story editor, The Odd Couple, 1972-1974
- (With Brian Levant and Fred Fox, Jr.) Supervising Producer, Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974-1984
- Executive script consultant, Laverne and Shirley, 1976
- Creator, Makin' It, 1979
- Creative consultant, Take Five, CBS, 1987
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Television Director
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Episodic
- (With Joel Zwick and John Tracy) Makin' It, ABC, 1979
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Angie, 1979
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The Bad News Bears, CBS, 1979
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Brothers and Sisters, NBC, 1979
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Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
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Television Work
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Pilots
- (With Mark Rothman) Executive producer, The Rita Moreno Show, CBS,1978 (With Rothman) Executive producer, The Lovebirds, CBS, 1979
- Director and (with Rothman) executive producer, The Further Adventuresof Wally Brown, NBC, 1980
- (With Arthur Silver) Producer, Flatfoots, NBC, 1982
- (With Garry K. Marshall and Ronny Hallin) Executive producer, Herndonand Me, ABC, 1983
- (With Babaloo Mandel) Creative consultant, Take Five (also known as Kooper with a "K"), CBS, 1987
- (With Mandel) Executive producer, Channel 99, NBC, 1988
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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Naked Hollywood, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
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Laughing Matters, Showtime, 1993
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A Day With, Fox, 1995
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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 13th Annual Hall of Fame, Showtime, 1998
- Interviewee, Laverne & Shirley (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
- Interviewee, Happy Days (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
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Film Work
- Executive producer, Mr. Saturday Night, 1992
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Film Appearances
- Stan--the tour guide, Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
- Stan, Parenthood, Universal, 1989
- Writer #1, Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
- TV director, Greedy, Universal, 1994
- Lawyer, Edtv (also known as Ed TV), MCA/Universal, 1999
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WRITINGS
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Television Series
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The Odd Couple, 1970-1975
- (With others) Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
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Television Episodes
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Friends and Lovers, 1974
- (With others) Busting Loose, CBS, 1977
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Walkin' Walter, 1977
- (With others) The Ted Knight Show, CBS, 1978
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Makin' It, ABC, 1979
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Here's Boomer, NBC, 1981
- (With others) Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
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The New Odd Couple, ABC, 1982-1983
- "Boo!" Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
- (With others) Gung Ho, ABC, 1986-1987
- (With Babaloo Mandel) Take Five, CBS, 1987
- (With others) Knight and Daye, NBC, 1989
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A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
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Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997
- Also wrote episodes of Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC.
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Television Pilots
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Walkin' Walter, ABC, 1977
- (With Mark Rothman) The Rita Moreno Show, CBS, 1978
- (With Rothman) The Lovebirds, CBS, 1979
- (With Arthur Silver) Flatfoots, NBC, 1982
- (With Babaloo Mandel) Herndon and Me, ABC, 1983
- (With Mandel) Channel 99, NBC, 1988
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Knight and Daye, 1989
- (With others) Parenthood, NBC, 1990
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Screenplays
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with Babaloo Mandel
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Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
- (And with Bruce Jay Friedman) Splash (based on a story by Brian Grazer and Friedman), Buena Vista, 1984
- (And with Dan Aykroyd) Spies Like Us (based on a story by Aykroydand Dave Thomas), Warner Bros., 1985
- (And with Deborah Blum) Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986
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Vibes (based on a story by Deborah Blum, Ganz, and Mandel), Columbia, 1988
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Parenthood (based on a story by Ron Howard, Ganz, and Mandel), Universal, 1989
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City Slickers (based on a story by Billy Crystal), Columbia, 1991
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A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
- (And with Crystal) Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
- (And with Crystal) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley's Gold (also known as City Slickers II and City Slickers: The Legend of Curly's Gold), Columbia, 1994
- (And with Crystal) Forget Paris, Columbia, 1995
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Edtv (also known as Ed TV), MCA/Universal, 1999
- Also wrote Dance Skins;
The Perfect Couple;
Over My DeadBody.
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Screenplays
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Greedy, Universal, 1994
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Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
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Father's Day, Warner Bros., 1997
- (Uncredited) Liar Liar, 1997
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Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999
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Where the Heart Is, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
- (Uncredited) Dr. Doolittle 2, 2001
- (Uncredited rewrite) Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Entertainment,2002
- Also wrote The Greatest Show on Earth;
Kiamesha;
Happy Hour; (with Garry K. Marshall) C. Dmias.
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Stage Plays
- (With Garry K. Marshall) Wrong Turn at Lungfish, off-Broadway production, 1993
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Premiere, August, 1989, pp. 62-64
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