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Nationality
  
Canadian

Notable works
  
Diamond Dogs


Name
  
Alan Watt

Role
  
Philosopher

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Occupation
  
Author, screenwriter, comedian, actor

Died
  
November 16, 1973, Mount Tamalpais, California, United States

Influenced
  
Robert Anton Wilson, Seraphim Rose, Monica Furlong

Influenced by
  
Carl Jung, Timothy Leary, Joseph Campbell

Books
  
The Book, The Way of Zen, The Wisdom of Insecurity, Become what you are, Tao: The Watercourse Way

Similar People
  
Terence McKenna, Carl Jung, Timothy Leary, Joseph Campbell, Jiddu Krishnamurti

Alan Watt (born 1965) is a Canadian author, comedian, actor, lecturer, and screenwriter.

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Career

He has appeared on various comedy shows such as Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTV's 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, as well the Seinfeld episode The Gum in 1995.

He has taught a summer creative writing workshop at UCLA and has lectured across North America at places such as USC's MBA program and maximum security prisons. In 2002 he founded the L.A. Writers' Lab, where he teaches writers how to write the first draft of their novel in three months.

In 2011 he founded two publishing companies, The 90-Day Novel Press and Writers Tribe Books. His novel Diamond Dogs was optioned by Quad Films in 2012, with Alex Pettyfer set to perform as the lead character.

Television

  • Friday the 13th (1987, as Howard in Hellowe'en)
  • Seinfeld (1995, as "Attendant" in The Gum)
  • Just for Laughs (2005, as himself)
  • Awards and recognition

  • 2001 YALSA Alex Award for Diamond Dogs
  • France's Prix Printemps (best foreign novel) for Diamond Dogs
  • References

    Alan Watt (author) Wikipedia