Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence
Role	Creator, Producer, Writer, Director
Character	Van
Date of birth	December 26th, 1968
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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

Year	Title	Media	Role
1993	Boy Meets World	TV	Writer (1 episode)
1994	The Nanny	TV	Writer (2 episodes)
1995	Friends	TV	Writer (1 episode)
1996	Champs	TV	Writer (2 episodes)
	Spin City	TV	Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer,  Co-creator (145 episodes)
2001	Scrubs	TV	Executive Producer, Creator
2002	Clone High	TV	Executive Producer, Co-Creator (13 episodes)
	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	TV Movie	Actor
2005	Confessions of a Dog	TV Pilot	Executive Producer, Writer
2006	Nobody's Watching	TV Pilot	Executive Producer, Writer
	Alpha Mom	TV Pilot	Director
2009	Cougar Town	TV	Co-Creator, Executive Producer
2013	Ground Floor	TV	Co-Creator, Executive Producer

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result	For
2003	Writers Guild of America	WGA Award (TV)	Nominated	Episodic Comedy - Scrubs
2004	PGA Awards	Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic	Nominated	Comedy - Scrubs
2005	Emmy Awards	Emmy	Nominated	Outstanding Comedy Series - Scrubs
2006	Emmy Awards	Emmy	Nominated	Outstanding Comedy Series - Scrubs
	PGA Awards	Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic	Nominated	Comedy - Scrubs

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)

SCRUBS PRODUCTION
Creator: Bill Lawrence   Production Companies: ABC Studios • Doozer   Networks: ABC • NBC Filming Locations: Culver Studios • North Hollywood Medical Center  Ratings: Ratings Categories: Crew • Producers • Production   Lists: Awards • Countries that air Scrubs		e