Dan Goor

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Dan Goor
Born
Daniel Joshua Goor

(1975-04-28) April 28, 1975 (age 49)
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupations
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Purvi Harikant Shah
(m. 2003)

Daniel Joshua Goor (born April 28, 1975) [1] [2] is an American comedy writer and television producer. He has written for several comedy talk shows including The Daily Show , Last Call with Carson Daly and Late Night with Conan O'Brien . He also worked as a writer, producer, and director for NBC primetime series Parks and Recreation , and was executive-producer and co-creator of the award-winning Fox/NBC series Brooklyn Nine-Nine . [3] He was an executive producer of the NBC series Grand Crew and is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Peacock series Killing It .

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Personal life

Goor is Jewish. [1] He married Purvi Harikant Shah in 2003 in an interfaith Jewish-Hindu ceremony. [1]

Filmography

Parks and Recreation

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Killing It

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wedding/Celebration; Purvi Shah, Daniel Goor". The New York Times . June 22, 2003.
  2. "Dan Goor on Twitter | Today is my birthday, and the only present I want is for everyone in America to watch #brooklyn99..." Twitter. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. Travers, Ben (July 20, 2018). "'Brooklyn Nine-Nine': Andy Samberg Says It's a 'Good Moment' for the Inclusive Comedy to Distance Itself From Fox". IndieWire.