Russ Woody

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Russ Woody
Alma mater California State University, Chico
Occupations
  • Author
  • television producer
  • writer
Years active1981–present

Russ Woody is an American author, television producer and writer.

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Career

Woody grew up in Walnut Creek, California. [1] In 1979, he graduated from California State University, Chico with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Speech and Drama. [2]

Since the early 1980s, he has amassed a number of producing and writing credits in television in the series Benson , Fantasy Island , Webster , Newhart , Valerie's Family , St. Elsewhere , Hill Street Blues , Parenthood , Good Sports , Room for Two , Double Rush , Mad About You , The Drew Carey Show , Cybill (for which he won a Golden Globe Award), Style & Substance , Becker , True Jackson, VP , Notes from the Underbelly , The Middle and Murphy Brown , for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award as a part of the show's writing team. [3] He also worked as a production assistant on Bosom Buddies and Family Ties .

Personal life

Woody currently[ as of? ] lives in Los Angeles and Ventura with his wife, Catherine, and his sons, Henry and Joe. [1]

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