Maggie Bandur
American television writer and producer
Maggie Bandur is an American television writer and TV series producer .[ 1]
Biography
In 1992, as a student at El Camino Real High School in Los Angeles, Bandur took part in the United States Academic Decathlon .[ 2] [ 3] El Camino Real's team finished fourth.[ 4]
Bandur was a contestant in the 1994 Jeopardy! College Championship , representing Northwestern University and later was part of the questions in the game.[ 5]
Bandur is known for her experience in comedy writing.[ 6] After her first work with Malcolm in the Middle she has written series for Fox, ABC, CBS, the CW and BBC3.[ 7] With decline of the demand on sitcoms she took various "branching out" jobs, including 6 months in England working on an episode of Clone .[ 8] Upon return from England she wrote for My Boys and short comedy plays (Tea & Sorcery , More White Meat ).[ 7] She currently works on NBC's Community .
Filmography
References
^ Maggie Bandur at IMDb
^ Chu, Henry (April 8, 1992). "Scholars Carry State's Hopes – Education: El Camino Real students, rated among the top contenders, will vie against 48 other championship teams in the U. S. Academic Decathlon" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-11 .
^ Hayasaki, Erika (March 12, 2001). "Decathlon's Benefits Not Just Academic; Lessons: Past members of successful El Camino Real High team say experience prepared them for later challenges" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-11 .
^ "Academic Decathletes Return" . Daily News of Los Angeles . April 15, 1992. Retrieved 2009-11-11 .
^ Show #3801 - Monday, February 26, 2001 , Jeopardy! archives
^ Gag Girl Anniversary Marks Growth of Funny Women [permanent dead link ] , New York Resident, March 2008
^ a b Bio panels Archived June 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine of the Summer Shorts Festival, City Theatre
^ "Two and a Half Sitcom Writers Left in Hollywood" Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , The New York Observer , September 16, 2008
^ TV Year, Volume 1: The Prime Time 2005-2006 Season By John Kenneth Muir, 2007, ISBN 1-55783-684-1 p. 86
^ "A Slacker Comedy Works Hard to Sell Itself" , The New York Times
^ S1/#5 Malcolm Babysits ,
S1/#11 "Funeral",
S1/#16 "Water Park",
S2/#9 "High School Play",
S2/#13 "New Neighbors",
S2/#17 "Surgery",
S3/#7 "Christmas",
S3/#13 "Cynthia's Back",
S4/#5 "Forwards Backwards",
S4/#15 "Garage Sale",
S4/#17 "Clip Show II",
S5/#6 "Malcolm's Job",
S5/#18 "Dewey's Special Class"
^ Richmond, Ray (February 18, 2004). "It's our life" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2009-11-11 . [dead link ]
^ Clone , cast and crew , a BBC website