Mark Hudis

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Mark Hudis
Born (1968-02-19) February 19, 1968 (age 50)
Occupation Television writer, producer
Years active1997present

Mark Hudis (born February 19, 1968) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on a variety of shows including Cybill , That '70s Show , Nurse Jackie , True Blood and A Series of Unfortunate Events . In 2010, his work on Nurse Jackie earned him both Writers Guild of America and Emmy Award nominations. [1] Hudis attended Haverford College, a liberal arts school located outside of Philadelphia, and graduated in 1990.

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He began his career writing for magazines. His work has appeared in MAD , GQ and Playboy .

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Career

Hudis began his writing career in 1997 when he received story credit for the Cybill episode "Like Family". He co-wote the episode "Bakersfield" with Alan Ball in 1998 and was then recruited as a writer and story editor on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He remained a writer on the series for its entire eight season run, eventually becoming an executive producer at the beginning of its seventh season. He wrote a total of twenty-two episodes during the show's run. He became a writer and co-executive producer on Showtime's Nurse Jackie in 2009 and was an executive producer during the show's second season in 2010. [2] Hudis worked on the writing staff of Alan Ball's vampire series True Blood for its fourth season in 2011. [3]

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Awards and nominations

In 2011, Hudis received a Writers Guild of America award nomination and an Emmy award nomination for Nurse Jackie, which he shared with the entire writing staff. [1]

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References

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