Jackie and Jeff Filgo

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Jackie Filgo and Jeff Filgo are a married screenwriting and television writing team. [1]

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Biography

Jeff and Jackie Filgo met while working on the production staff of Mad About You .

In television, their credits include Ink , the US adaptation of Men Behaving Badly , That '70s Show , Happy Hour (also creators), The New Adventures of Old Christine , Hank , and Man with a Plan .

In film, they co-wrote the screenplay for Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) and wrote the screenplay for Take Me Home Tonight (2011), starring Topher Grace, who they previously worked with on That '70s Show. [2]

They live in Los Angeles with their two children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleContributionNotes
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Screenplay
2011 Take Me Home Tonight Screenplay

Television

YearTitle Writer Producer Executive producer NotesNetwork
1997 Ink YesNoYes CBS
Men Behaving Badly YesNoNo NBC
1998–2005 That 70's Show YesYesYesExecutive Producers of 177 episodes
Producers of 2 episodes
Writers of 16 episodes
Fox
2006–2008 Happy Hour YesNoYesCreator/Executive Producers of 14 episodes
Writers of 4 episodes
2009–2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine YesNoNoWriters of 2 episodes CBS
Hank YesNoNoConsulting Producers of 5 episodes
Writers of 2 episodes
Fox
2016–2020 Man with a Plan YesYesYesCreator/Executive Producers of 46 episodes
Writers of 7 episodes
CBS

Animation

YearTitleContributionNotes
2000 Baby Blues WriterWriter of 1 episodes (as Jackie Behan)

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References

  1. Auteur Watch - Jackie and Jeff Filgo, The Movie Hooligan Blog
  2. Take Me Home Tonight, Art Fully Bedraggled Film Reviews