Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio

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Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio are an American television writing and producing team.

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Career

Cheung and Montanio first worked together at ITC Productions, where Cheung was a development executive and Montanio worked in production. After doing script rewrites for number of series, the pair began writing as a team in the late 1980s. [1]

They have written and produced for Growing Pains , Night Court , Empty Nest , In the House , The Wayans Bros. , The Steve Harvey Show , Between Brothers , Married... with Children , Greetings from Tucson , Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide , American Dragon: Jake Long , Class of 3000 , Just Jordan and Wizards of Waverly Place . They also co-wrote the made-for-TV film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior starring Brenda Song.

In 2009, they won a Primetime Emmy for their work on Wizards of Waverly Place. [2] [3]

Cheung is of Chinese descent and Montanio is of Mexican descent. [4] Because of their different ethnic backgrounds, the name of their production company is Rice and Beans Productions. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Mr. TV: Disney's Wizards By Marc Bergman of Mediaweek.com
  2. ↑ Vince Cheung, Primetime Emmy® Award Database
  3. ↑ Ben Montanio, Primetime Emmy® Award Database
  4. ↑ Writing Duo Adds Spice to Television's White-Bread Diet By Joseph Hanania of The Los Angeles Times , December 10, 1994
  5. ↑ Rice and Beans scripts a diverse kids' world. Byline: Dinah Eng - goliath.ecnext.com
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