Justin Spitzer | |
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Occupation | Writer •Television producer |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and showrunner. He is best known for creating the sitcoms Superstore, American Auto, and St. Denis Medical. [1] [2] [3] His other credits include Scrubs, Courting Alex , and The Office . [3]
Spitzer was an assistant on the sitcom Grounded for Life and on fourteen episodes of the American adaptation of Queer as Folk. [4] [5] From 2008 to 2013, he was a writer and producer for the American adaptation of The Office . [6] [1] In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. [7] [8]
He created the workplace sitcom Superstore , starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, which had a midseason premiere on NBC in 2015. [9] He served as showrunner for three seasons before stepping down in 2019 while signing a multi-year deal with NBC and Universal Television. [10] The series continued to run for three more seasons after Spitzer's departure. [11]
In 2020, NBC ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy American Auto . [12] The series premiered in 2021 and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023. [13] In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television. [14]
On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe. [15]
Year | Title | Notes |
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2012–2013 | The Office | co-executive producer |
2014 | Mulaney | |
2015–2021 | Superstore | executive producer, also creator |
2021–2023 | American Auto | |
2024 | St. Denis Medical |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | Holding Patterns | executive producer |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006 | What Are the Odds? | short film |
Show | Episode Title | Season | Air Date | Notes |
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Scrubs | "My Butterfly" | 3 | March 16, 2004 | |
Committed | "The Snap Out of it Episode" | 1 | February 1, 2005 | |
Courting Alex | "Birthday" | March 6, 2006 | ||
The Office | "Back from Vacation" | 3 | January 4, 2007 | |
"Product Recall" | April 26, 2007 | co-written with Brent Forrester | ||
"Did I Stutter?" | 4 | May 1, 2008 | ||
"Moroccan Christmas" | 5 | December 11, 2008 | ||
"Michael Scott Paper Company" | April 9, 2009 | |||
"Shareholder Meeting" | 6 | November 19, 2009 | ||
"Body Language" | April 29, 2010 | |||
"Costume Contest" | 7 | October 28, 2010 | ||
"Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager" | May 12, 2011 | |||
"Garden Party" | 8 | October 13, 2011 | ||
"Angry Andy" | April 19, 2012 | |||
The Money Pit | "Pilot" | 1 | unaired | |
Mulaney | "Patriot Acts" | 1 | November 23, 2014 | |
Superstore | "Pilot" | 1 | November 30, 2015 | |
"Shots and Salsa" | November 30, 2015 | |||
"Tornado" | 2 | May 4, 2017 | ||
"Grand Re-Opening" | 3 | September 28, 2017 | ||
"Town Hall" | May 3, 2018 | Story credit | ||
"Employee Appreciation Day" | 4 | May 16, 2019 | ||
"All Sales Final" | 6 | March 25, 2021 | Story credit | |
American Auto | "Pilot" | 1 | December 13, 2021 | |
"White Van" | December 13, 2021 | |||
"Profile" | March 8, 2022 | co-written with Eric Ledgin | ||
"Crisis" | 2 | January 24, 2023 | ||
St. Denis Medical | "Welcome to St. Denis" | 1 | November 12, 2024 |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | Holding Patterns | also credited as creator |
Show | Episode title | Season | Air date | Notes |
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Superstore | "Employee App" | 5 | February 20, 2020 |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Credited As | Ref. |
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2009 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated | Producer | [16] |
2010 | ||||||
2011 | Supervising Producer |
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