Howard Klein (television producer)

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Howard Klein is an American television producer and talent manager. [1] He is one of the founding partners in the production and management company 3 Arts Entertainment, alongside Erwin Stoff and Michael Rotenberg. He is best known for being an executive producer of Never Have I Ever (TV series), The Sex Lives of College Girls , The Office, [2] Parks and Recreation, King of the Hill [3] and The Mindy Project. [4] [5]

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Klein is a two-time Emmy winner for The Office and King of the Hill respectively. Some of his other past projects include Emmy-award nominated series Carnivale (HBO), The Starter Wife (miniseries), and Jessica Jones. He is also a producer on Mindy Kaling’s feature Late Night, which premiered at Sundance. The film’s U.S. rights were acquired by Amazon Studios. [6]

Klein started his career as an agent at International Creative Management (ICM) and then worked for the Brillstein Company before leaving to form 3 Arts Entertainment in 1991. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
1988The I'm Exhausted ConcertExecutive producer
1990The Jackie Bison ShowExecutive producer
Richard Lewis: I'm DoomedExecutive producer
1991 Lookwell Co-executive producer
1993 Hexed Executive producer
Loaded Weapon 1 Executive producer
1994Galaxy BeatExecutive producer
1996The Tomorrow ManExecutive producer
1997-2009 King of the Hill Executive producer, 94 episodes
2000 Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly Executive producer
Life's Too ShortCo-executive producer
Monsignor MartinezExecutive producer
2003 Greetings from Tucson Executive producer, 2 episodes
2003-2005 Carnivàle Executive producer, 24 episodes
2005Early BirdExecutive producer
2005-2013 The Office Executive producer, 166 episodes
2006-2008Off the RecordExecutive producer, 2 episodes
2007 The Starter Wife (miniseries) Executive producer, 6 episodes
2008 The Starter Wife (TV series) Executive producer, 10 episodes
2009-2020 Parks and Recreation Executive producer, 125 episodes
2012 Friday Night Dinner Executive producer
2012-2017 The Mindy Project Executive producer, 106 episodes
2013 Red Widow Executive producer, 2 episodes
2015 Mr. Robinson Executive producer, 6 episodes
Jessica Jones Executive producer, 13 episodes
2018 The Good Cop Executive producer, 10 episodes
2019 The Misery Index Executive producer, 12 episodes
2020 Never Have I Ever Executive producer, 10 episodes [8]
Upload Executive producer, 10 episodes
Space Force Executive producer, 10 episodes
2021 Ordinary Joe Executive producer, 13 episodes
2021 The Sex Lives of College Girls Executive Producer

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