Will Graham (producer)

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Will Graham
Education Columbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Television producer, director, writer
Known forco-creating the Onion News Network
Awards The Peabody Awards (2008)

Will Graham is an American producer, director, and screenwriter. He is the showrunner of Mozart in the Jungle and was one of the founders of the Onion News Network . [1] He is also the co-creator of the 2022 television series A League of Their Own. [2]

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Biography

Graham graduated from Columbia University, where he was director of the 107th Varsity Show. [3] Among his castmates were Lang Fisher, who created Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling, and DGA Award-winning director Susanna Fogel, executive producer of The Flight Attendant . [3]

He was one of the founders of the Onion News Network and showrunner of the spin-off Onion SportsDome for Comedy Central. Graham has long been associated with Amazon Studios, where he produced one of the studio's first pilots, The Onion Presents: The News, the pilot Salem Rogers and wrote for Alpha House . He became an executive producer of the series Mozart in the Jungle at the beginning of its third season. [1] [4] He was also the director the short film Homeschooled, starring Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts, and was released as part of the film Movie 43 . [4]

In 2017, Graham formed Field Trip Productions and signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. [5]

In November 2019, he signed a new first-look deal with Amazon Studios as a showrunner of Daisy Jones & the Six and A League of Their Own. [1] [6]

He won a Peabody Award in 2009 for directing and executive producing Onion News Network . [7] [8] [9] He was also nominated for a Webby Awards in 2011 as part of The Onion team. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2010 The Onion Executive producer (1 episode), director
2011 Onion SportsDome Executive producer, director
2011 Onion News Network Executive producer, director
2013 Movie 43 Director and writer of segment "Homeschooled"
2013–2014 Alpha House Wrote 4 episodes
2015–2016 Odd Mom Out Wrote 2 episodes
2016–2018 Mozart in the Jungle Executive producer, writer (3 episodes), director (2 episodes)
2022–present A League of Their Own Creator, executive producer
2023 Daisy Jones & the Six Executive producer

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