MICHAEL MARKOWITZ is an Emmy Award-nominated TV and film writer, as well as a dedicated Xbox-ist.
After graduating from Northwestern University's theatre program, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and made appearances in the films "The Flamingo Kid" and "Last Resort." He returned to Chicago to study and perform at the famed Second City Training Center, where his writing caught the attention of Paramount's Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn, who brought him back to Los Angeles to be a staff writer and producer on the animated series "Duckman." By the end of its 70-episode run, Markowitz was one of the showrunners and shared a 1997 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program, as well as a 1996 CableACE Award.
Following "Duckman," Markowitz remained at Paramount, where he wrote and produced for the series "Becker," among others, and developed pilots for Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. He has been developing TV, film and interactive projects with Bad Robot, and is also writing features and pilots for several major studios.
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