American screenwriter (born 1975)
Michael Colton
Born 1975 (age 49–50) Occupation Alma mater Harvard University Spouse Carla Pereira
Michael Colton is an American screenwriter and former journalist.[ 1] With writing partner John Aboud , he created the television show Home Economics and wrote the films A Futile and Stupid Gesture and Penguins of Madagascar . He was a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows, including I Love the '80s .[ 2]
Personal life
Colton attended Newton North High School in Massachusetts, where he wrote a humor column for the student newspaper.[ 3] He graduated from Harvard University , where he was an editor at both the Harvard Lampoon and The Harvard Crimson .[ 3]
He married lawyer and Harvard alum Carla Pereira on May 30, 2004.[ 4]
Career
Colton has co-written the films A Futile and Stupid Gesture ,[ 5] Penguins of Madagascar and The Comebacks . He has also co-produced the television series Close Enough and Zoolander: Super Model and written for Childrens Hospital and Leverage .[ 1] In 2021, he co-created the ABC television series Home Economics .
In the late 1990s, Colton was a journalist at The Washington Post .[ 6] He has also written for The New York Times Magazine , the Los Angeles Times , The Boston Globe , Newsweek , The New York Observer , the Washington City Paper , Brill's Content , and McSweeney's .[ 1]
During the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007–2008, Colton and Aboud created the website AMPTP.com, a parody of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' official website, AMPTP.org.[ 7] [ 8]
From 2000 to 2003, Colton and Aboud ran Modern Humorist , an entertainment company based in Brooklyn , best known for its online magazine.[ 3] [ 9]
Filmography
Television
Year
Title
Role
2003
VH1 Big in 03
Consultant
2004
The Wrong Coast
Writer
2004
I Love the '90s
Himself/Panelist
2005
Last Laugh '05
Consultant
2005
CMT: 20 Merriest Christmas Videos
Himself
2005
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
Himself
2005
I Love the '80s 3-D
Himself
2005
I Love the Holidays
Himself
2006
I Love Toys
Himself
2006
I Love the 70s: Volume 2
Himself
2008
I Love the New Millennium
Himself
2008
Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins
Himself
2009
Sit Down, Shut Up
Executive Story Editor, Writer
2009
Black to the Future
Himself
2009
The Great Debate
Himself
2009
100 Most Shocking Music Moments
Himself
2010
Leverage
Executive Story Editor, Writer
2010
A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti
Himself
2010
Undateable
Himself
2011
Allen Gregory
Writer, Co-Producer
2014
I Love the 2000s
Himself
2014
Newsreaders
Writer
2015
Childrens Hospital
Writer
2016
Zoolander: Super Model
Writer, Producer
2017
The Fake News With Ted Nelms
Writer
2020
Close Enough
Executive Producer
2021
Jeopardy!
Contestant
2021
Acapulco
Writer
2021
Home Economics
Co-creator, Writer, Executive Producer
Movies
References
^ a b c "About Us" . coltonaboud.com . Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ "Michael Colton" . IMDb . Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ a b c "His job is a joke" . The Boston Globe . October 19, 2004. Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Carla Pereira, Michael Colton" . The New York Times . May 30, 2004. Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ Kit, Borys (March 16, 2016). "Will Forte to Star as 'National Lampoon' Co-Founder in Netflix Movie (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
^ "Michael Colton '97" . Harvardwood . February 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ "Welcome To AMPTP.com (not AMPTP.org)" . Deadline . December 10, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
^ "amptp.net" . Retrieved March 12, 2015 .
^ "Inside Modern Humorist with Co-Founders Michael Colton and John Aboud" . Splitsider . April 28, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
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