Jeff Abugov graduated from Concordia University Film School in Montreal where his two student films won national awards at the Canadian Student Film Festival. He began his professional career writing freelance for the NBC hitCheers, for which he eventually became a staff writer and then story editor. He served as executive story editor onThe Golden Girls, then went on to write and produce such hit shows as Roseanne andTwo and a Half Men. He served as executive producer of Roc and Grace Under Fire, and the animated series Fugget About It.
He also wrote and directed the feature film The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, starring David Hyde Pierce and Carmen Electra. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Peabody Award, and three People’s Choice Awards, as well as being nominated for a Humanitas Prize, a Canadian Screen Award, and a second Golden Globe.
After having achieved success writing and producing within the Hollywood system, doing as he’s told and playing nice, Jeff has at long last decided to let his imagination run rampant and do it his own way . . . and he’s having a blast!
He hopes you’re having as much fun reading his stories as he’s been having writing them.