Years active 1984–present Parents Norman Prady | Name Bill Prady Spouse(s) Kirith Prady | |
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Full Name William Scott Prady Awards WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Television Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Movies and TV shows The Big Bang Theory, The Muppets, The Muppets Celebrate, Honey - I Shrunk the Audience!, Billy Bunny's Animal S Similar People Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro, Bob Kushell, Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar Profiles | ||
The big bang theory interview bill prady
William Scott 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.
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- The big bang theory interview bill prady
- The Big Bang Theory Chuck Lorre on the Origins of the Show
- Career
- Educator
- Personal life
- Selected credits
- References
The Big Bang Theory - Chuck Lorre on the Origins of the Show
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.
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.
Educator
As of fall, 2012, Prady is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He is also a Trustee of the Humanitas "New Voices" program.
Personal life
Prady graduated from Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
In 2003, he was one of 135 candidates who ran for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election, receiving 474 votes.
Prady was a Z80 programmer at The Small Computer Company.
In 2010, Prady was given honorary membership in the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.
In 2013, Prady was awarded NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.
In 2015, asteroid 8630 (1981 EY35) was designated 8630 Billprady in his honor.