Paul Feig
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Paul S. Feig is an American director and author. He is best known for creating the short-lived cult NBC television series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000), a semi-autobiographical dramedy set in a Michigan high school in 1980-1981.
Following the cancellation of Freaks and Geeks, Feig directed episodes of Undeclared, created by Freaks and Geeks' Judd Apatow. Undeclared ran on the FOX Network and, like Freaks and Geeks, was cancelled after just one season.
Feig is currently writing an adapted screenplay with Jerry Spinelli for Spinelli's novel Star Girl.
Feig has written two memoirs: Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence (2002) and (2005). The first details his life as an adolescent "geek" with the second concerning how aspects of his Christian Science upbringing related to that. He is no longer associated with that belief system.
Feig is still active in the television business as a director. He has directed several episodes of the critically acclaimed FOX television sitcom Arrested Development, and the NBC show The Office.
An interesting fact about Feig is that he once held a summer job acting as famous clown Ronald McDonald in local events for the McDonald's Corporation. He also allegedly once appeared on the television show Space Ghost Coast to Coast in a Space Ghost costume.
Since May 2005, he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
External links
- [Paul Feig's Web Site] (The site is very outdated)
- [Paul Feig interview]
- [DC Examiner]
- [An interview Sound of Young America Podcast]
- [Drinks with Tony] Tony DuShane interviews Paul Feig
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