Dennis Rinsler

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Dennis Rinsler
Occupation(s)Television producer and writer
Years active1982–present

Dennis Rinsler is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for working with fellow producer and writer Marc Warren on the series Full House , Even Stevens and That's So Raven .

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Rinsler was studying to be a teacher at New York State University in New Paltz when he met Marc Warren. [1] Their 11 years of experiences as New York City teachers was the inspiration for the late 1990s sitcom Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher starring Mitch Mullany, which they created and were executive producers of.

They have been active since 1982, writing and producing for the television series Madame's Place , Fast Times , Full House (which they also executive produced and served as showrunners of for the series' final three seasons), The Parent 'Hood and served as creators of Cory in the House . The two have been nominated for Daytime and Primetime Emmys for their work on the Disney Channel series Even Stevens and That's So Raven . [2] [3] They also won N.A.A.C.P. Image awards for Outstanding Children's Program (That's So Raven) two years in a row.

In 2009, Rinsler and Warren dissolved their partnership (though the two had each been writing and directing solo during their runs as executive producers of Even Stevens (Rinsler directing the episodes "Gutter Queen" and "Beans on the Brain"), That's So Raven (Warren directing five episodes) and Cory in the House (Warren directing two episodes), while retaining a producer partnership), with Warren eventually getting a solo job as a writer and consulting producer of Jonas for its second and last season in 2010.

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