Bill Prady

Bill Prady
Born	William Scott Prady[1] (1960-06-07) June 7, 1960 Detroit, Michigan[2]
Occupation	Writer, television producer
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Kirith Prady

Bill Prady (born June 7, 1960) is a television writer and producer who has worked on American sitcoms and variety programs, including Married... with Children, Dream On, Star Trek: Voyager, Dharma & Greg, and Gilmore Girls and the co-creator of The Big Bang Theory and The Muppets.

Career

He began his writing career at Jim Henson's Muppets.

Joining Jim Henson Productions (then Henson Associates) as a production assistant on a TV special about the world of technology, Prady stayed and worked in the merchandising department. With the encouragement of Jim Henson, Prady began writing working on projects from the 3-D movie to The Jim Henson Hour.^[3]

During his tenure at The Muppets, he was visually caricatured as the puppet "Chip" (The Jim Henson Hour). In 1991, Prady was nominated for an Emmy award for co-writing the posthumous tribute to Jim Henson entitled "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson".

He wrote the Disney theme park attractions Muppet*Vision 3D and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.

Beginning in 2007, he has been executive producer and co-creator of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

On April 3, 2015, he co-wrote and sold a new version of Muppet Show with the working title The Muppets to ABC with Bob Kushell, who also served as show runner.^[4]

Educator

As of fall, 2012, Prady is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.^[5] He is also a Trustee of the Humanitas "New Voices" program.^[6]

Personal life

Prady graduated from Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.^[7]

In 2003, he was one of 135 candidates who ran for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election, receiving 474 votes.^[8]

Prady's "nerd cred" is often attributed to his having been a Z80 programmer at The Small Computer Company.^[9]

In 2010, Prady was given honorary membership in the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.^[10]

In 2013, Prady was awarded NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.^[11]

In 2015, asteroid 8630 (1981 EY35) was designated 8630 Billprady in his honor. ^[12]

Selected credits

• Caroline in the City, 1995–1997 (writer, producer)
• Dharma & Greg, 1997–2002 (writer, executive producer)
• Gilmore Girls, 2004–2005 (writer, co-executive producer)
• The Big Bang Theory, 2007–present (creator, writer, executive producer)

Awards

References

External links

• Bill Prady at the Internet Movie Database