Jim Vallely

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Jim Vallely
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James Vallely

(1954-08-30) August 30, 1954 (age 67)
OccupationTelevision producer and writer
Years active1980–present
Spouse(s) Myra Turley
Children Tannis Vallely

James Vallely [1] [2] [3] (born August 30, 1954) is an American television producer, and screenwriter. He was a writer and consulting producer [4] for Arrested Development , a multiple Emmy Award-winning television show on the Fox network, and was an executive producer and co-creator of Running Wilde , also on Fox, along with Mitchell Hurwitz and Will Arnett.

His work on Arrested Development won him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Writers Guild Of America Award.

Vallely grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, graduating from East Brunswick High School in 1972. [4] He attended both Middlesex County College and New York University, and later moved to California in 1982. He wrote for a number of TV series, including ten episodes of The Golden Girls , which was his first paid work as a writer, [5] The John Larroquette Show , and Ladies Man . His daughter is former child actor Tannis Vallely.

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