Bill Lawrence

William Van Duzer "Bill" Lawrence IV is the creator of Scrubs and worked as the showrunner, a producer, a writer, a director, an actor and an extra for the series.

Bio

Bill has won a “Future Classic” award by the TV Land cable network, a Humanitas Prize, and was nominated for a Television Critics award, two Emmy Awards and a People’s Choice Award - all in Scrubs' first season. In addition, Lawrence also received 3 Producers Guild nominations for his work on the series.

Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Lawrence studied creative writing at the College of William and Mary and aspired to be a writer. After he graduated, friend and television writer Norman Barasch, advised him to write for television, so he moved to Los Angeles and began working on scripts. After several months, he was signed by the managers of Jerry Seinfeld, and his career began to take off.

Lawrence wrote his first television script at the age of 22 for the comedy series Billy, starring Billy Connolly. His career began to skyrocket when he became a staff writer on NBC’s Friends during its first season. By age 26, he had teamed with Gary David Goldberg to co-create Spin City. In addition to Scrubs, Lawrence is the executive producer and co-creator of the animated television series Clone High.

In 2009, during Scrubs' eighth season, Lawrence created the sitcom Cougar Town which he co-created with Kevin Biegel starring former Scrubs guest stars Courteney Cox and Christa Miller. Lawrence continues to create and executive produce television series under contract with Warner Brothers Television.

Lawrence currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Christa Miller, their daughter Charlotte Sarah (who voices Doozer's "bye bye"), and his two sons, William Stoddard and Henry Vanduzer.

Filmography

Awards

Episodes Written

• Season One:
  • "My First Day"
  • "My Mentor"
  • "My Nickname"
  • "My Occurrence"
• Season Two:
  • "My Overkill"
  • "My Philosophy" (story)
  • "My T.C.W."
• Season Three:
  • "My Own American Girl"
  • "My Catalyst"
• Season Four:
  • "My Changing Ways"
• Season Five:
  • "My Intern's Eyes"
• Season Eight:
  • "My ABC's"
  • "My Finale"
• Season Nine:
  • "Our First Day of School"

Episode Directed

• Season Two:
  • "My Dream Job"
• Season Three:
  • "My Own American Girl"
  • "My Best Friend's Wedding"
• Season Four:
  • "My Old Friend's New Friend"
• Season Five:
  • "My Intern's Eyes"
  • "My Rite of Passage"
  • "My Missed Perception"
  • "My Transition"
• Season Six:
  • "My Turf War"
• Season Seven:
  • "My Own Worst Enemy"
  • "My Inconvenient Truth"
• Season Eight:
  • "My Last Words"
  • "My ABC's"
  • "My Soul on Fire, Part 1"
  • "My Soul on Fire, Part 2"
  • "My Finale"

Episodes Appeared in

• Season Four
  • "My New Game" (During the divorce ceremony)
• Season Five
  • "My Missed Perception" (In the group photo)
• Season Six
  • "My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby" (In the waiting room)
  • "Their Story" (At Coffee Bucks)
  • "My Point of No Return" (Running away with everyone with a teddy bear in his hands)
• Season Seven
  • "My Identity Crisis" (During Dr. Cox's celebratory Mexican Wave)
• Season Eight
  • "My Soul on Fire, Part 2" (Van)
  • "My Finale" (Janitor)