Matt Dearborn

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Matt Dearborn
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Occupation(s) Television director, producer, writer
Years active1988–present

Matthew "Matt" Dearborn is an American television producer, writer and director.

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Dearborn has written over 100 produced episodes of television, including, Beverly Hills, 90210 , Eerie, Indiana , Parker Lewis Can't Lose , The Secret World of Alex Mack , Sliders , Phil of the Future and Even Stevens which he created. In 2008, he and Tom Burkhard created the series Zeke and Luther for Disney XD. On a dare from a friend, Dearborn auditioned for a recurring part on the short-lived series TV 101 . He got the part, and also ended up writing three episodes for the series. [1]

For creating Even Stevens, Dearborn received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Children's series. In 2001, Even Stevens won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding International Children's series. [1]

He graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 1982, majoring in Communication Studies. [2]

He was previously married to former Miss USA contestant and actress Kelli McCarty from July 7, 2000 until 2006, but their divorce was finalized on March 9, 2009.

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References

  1. 1 2 Matt Dearbon and Tom Burkhard, the creators and executive producers of Zeke and Luther Archived 2010-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - Disney XD Medianet
  2. Morales, Jonathan (27 April 2018). "Film and TV vet Matt Dearborn returns home to Sacramento". Made at Sac State.