Randall Winston

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Randall Keenan Winston is a television producer and director best known for his work on Spin City and Scrubs . [1]

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Career

He has been an associate producer on such shows as Champs , Day By Day , Brooklyn Bridge [2] and Spin City. [1] He produced Scrubs, [1] [3] and was co-nominated with Bill Lawrence in 2004 for Danny Thomas Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America. [4] He has twice been Emmy nominated. [1] [5] He produced the pilots Nobody's Watching and Confessions of a Dog.[ citation needed ] He has also directed two episodes of Scrubs, My Self-Examination and My Buddy's Booty, and has appeared in episodes of the show as Leonard the security guard and Death. He went on to be a producer on Lawrence's show Cougar Town . For the ninth season of Scrubs he acted as co-executive producer. [6]

Personal life

He grew up in Harvey, Illinois, [7] and graduated from Ohio University in 1989. [1] He is good friends with Scrubs creator and Spin City co-creator Bill Lawrence, with whom he has worked on most of his projects. Lawrence says his and Winston's friendship was the inspiration for the friendship of J.D. and Turk on Scrubs and Stuart and Carter on Spin City. [7] The character Randall Winston on Spin City was named after him, [8] as was the character Randall, played by Martin Klebba, on Scrubs. He is the inspiration for the character of Carter Heywood on Spin City. [8] He is openly gay and lives with his partner in Los Angeles. [7] [9] He is a member of the board of the Lupus Foundation of America. [10]

Filmography

Producer

  • Champs (Associate Producer) (1996) (3 episodes)
  • Spin City (Associate Producer) (1996-2000) (100 episodes)
  • Scrubs (Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Co-Producer) (2001–10) (182 episodes)
  • Confessions of a Dog (Producer) (2005) (TV movie)
  • Nobody's Watching (Producer) (2006) (TV movie)
  • Cavemen (2007) (Producer) (Episode: "Her Embarrassed of Cavemen")
  • Night Life (Producer) (2008) (TV movie)
  • Cougar Town (Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Executive Producer) (2009–15) (87 episodes)
  • Ground Floor (Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Executive Producer) (2013–15) (20 episodes)
  • Undateable (Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer) (2014–15) (23 episodes)
  • The Sixth Lead (Executive Producer) (2015) (4 episodes) (miniseries)
  • Rush Hour (Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer) (2016) (13 episodes)
  • Nobodies (Co-Executive Producer) (2017–18) (24 episodes)
  • Grace and Frankie (Co-Executive Producer) (2018) (13 episodes)
  • Roseanne (Co-Executive Producer) (2018) (9 episodes)
  • Mixed-ish (Executive Producer) (2019–21) (36 episodes)
  • American Housewife (Executive Producer) (2020–21) (13 episodes)

Director

Other work

  • American Dreamer (Assistant to Producers) (1990)
  • Brooklyn Bridge (Post-Production Coordinator) (1993) (Episode: "In a Family Way")
  • Platypus Man (Post-Production Supervisor) (1995) (13 episodes)
  • Scrubs (Actor) (Leonard the Security Guard/Death) (2001–09) (14 episodes)
  • Cougar Town (Consultant) (2014) (13 episodes)

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References

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  2. ↑ Rowe, Robin (25 September 2009). "Co-Locating on Cougar Town". Motion Picture Editors Guild. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Hurwitz, Matt (23 January 2006). "Authenticity assured". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Hiestand, Jesse (18 January 2004). "'King' rules over PGA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Michael Ausiello: 2006 TV Guide Emmy After Party: Randall Winston Interview". TV Guide. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  6. ↑ Owen, Rob (30 September 2009). "'Cougar Town' cameo". Tuned In Journal. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 Ricci, Michael (5 September 2006). "Scrubs' Randall Winston Stands Tall". AfterElton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  8. 1 2 "The spin on Randall Winston". B&C Eye. Broadcasting & Cable. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  9. ↑ Ryon, Ruth (28 December 2003). "Producer buys actress' house". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
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