Barry O'Brien

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Barry O'Brien
Born1957 (age 6667)
San Francisco, California, United States
OccupationProducer, writer, screenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Education Terra Linda High School, Santa Clara University
Genre Children's books, suspense, crime fiction, action, adventure, humour
Notable works Hannah Montana
SpouseRachael O'Brien

Barry O'Brien (born 1957) is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of Disney Channel Original Series Hannah Montana . His credits include Happy Days , Perfect Strangers , Hangin' with Mr. Cooper , Judging Amy , and CSI: Miami .

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Life

Barry O’Brien was born in San Francisco, California, to a large Irish Catholic family. He attended Terra Linda High School, before joining Santa Clara University on a football scholarship, studying business and finance. [1]

O’Brien’s biggest hit is Disney’s Hannah Montana , a concept he successfully pitched based on the premise of an incredibly famous teenager-with-a-double-life, an idea conceived during a tenure on Nickelodeon’s television series All That , where the (then) teenage American pop singer Britney Spears featured as a guest. [2]

Aside from writing for television, O’Brien co-wrote Jerry Bruckheimer’s Kangaroo Jack , [3] and two junior novels. He currently resides in Los Angeles, with his wife and two children.

Filmography

Selected works

Awards and nominations

Nominated for an Edgar Award for (the) Best Television Episode Teleplay of 2008. (CSI: Miami, You May Now Kill the Bride) [4]

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