John Altschuler

In 2015, Altschuler, Krinsky and Jeff Stilson co-created the sitcom series Lopez, starring George Lopez. TV Land gave a 12-episode straight-to-series order in August 2015. The series premiered on March 30, 2016. On June 3, 2016, TV Land renewed Lopez for a second season.

In 2013, Altschuler, Judge, and Krinsky co-created the HBO series Silicon Valley. In addition, they are working on an animated Woody Woodpecker feature. They are also writing and producing Brigadier Gerard, a feature with Steve Carell attached to play Brigadier Gerard and Ricky Gervais attached to play Napoleon.

In 2008, they formed Ternion Productions, a film and television production company with Mike Judge. In 2009, Altschuler, Judge, and Krinsky co-created the show The Goode Family. In 2011, they executive produced and wrote several episodes of MTV’s return of Beavis and Butt-head.

He began his career as a writer for the humour magazine National Lampoon, together with Dave Krinsky, whom he met and began collaborating creatively with while at UNC-Chapel Hill, which became a collaboration that continued in the years to come. After selling their screenplays to Warner Brothers, Universal and Studio Canal Plus, they moved to Hollywood and began working as assistant producers for the HBO series The High Life. In 1997, Altschuler and Krinsky became writers on 20th Century Fox’s King of the Hill. They worked there for 13 years and ran the show for the final seven seasons.

John Altschuler (born July 10, 1963) is an American television actor and film writer and producer.