Aseem Batra

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Aseem Batra
Born
Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Television director
  • producer
  • actress
Notable work Scrubs (2006–2009)
The Cleveland Show (2009–2013)
I Feel Bad (2018)

Aseem Batra is an American television director, producer and actress.

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Biography

Born in Ohio to Indian parents, she moved to rural Georgia at the age of three and Orange County, California at twelve. She was a communications and theater double major at the University of California, San Diego before going to graduate school for communications management at the University of Southern California. [1]

Batra was a producer and writer on Scrubs, where she also played the character Josephine. [2] In 2009, she began writing and producing on The Cleveland Show . Mike Henry, commenting on being a white man voicing the African American Cleveland Brown, noted how the character's stereotypical redneck neighbors were voiced by black actor Kevin Michael Richardson and Batra. [3] As a producer, Batra was part of the nomination of the episode "Murray Christmas" for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. [4]

In February 2015, it was announced that Batra would write a "politically incorrect" sitcom pilot for NBC alongside the Russo brothers, with whom she had previously worked on Animal Practice and an unfinished semi-autobiographical comedy. [5] Three years later, the same network picked up an untitled project written by Batra and executive produced alongside Amy Poehler; [6] it aired in September as I Feel Bad , which ran for a single, 13-episode season. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "I Feel Rad with Aseem Batra – Episode 38". MILF Podcast. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Showrunner-Director Relationship with Aseem Batra & Linda Mendoza". Alliance of Women Directors. August 28, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ Manelis, Michele (February 10, 2010). "Black Family Guy stirs up melting pot". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Cleveland Show". Emmys.com. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  5. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (February 3, 2015). "NBC Adds Buddy Comedy Produced by Joe and Anthony Russo". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  6. ↑ Nakamura, Reid (February 2, 2018). "NBC Orders Comedy Pilot From Amy Poehler, Aseem Batra". TheWrap . Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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