Dan Signer

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Dan Signer
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Daniel Signer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]
OccupationTelevision producer, television writer
Years active1999–present
Known for A.N.T. Farm , Mr. Young

Daniel Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of Some Assembly Required for Netflix and YTV, [2] A.N.T. Farm [1] [3] for Disney Channel and Mr. Young [4] for YTV and Disney XD. He currently serves as a writer and Executive Producer on One Day at a Time for Netflix and Go Away, Unicorn! for YTV and Disney Channel. [5]

Prior to creating those series, he worked on series Rude Awakening , Grown Ups , Greg the Bunny , Baby Bob , All of Us , Stacked , Quintuplets , True Jackson, VP , The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck .

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