Bill Lawrence (producer)

Bill Lawrence
Lawrence at SXSW 2015
Born	William Van Duzer Lawrence IV (1968-12-26) December 26, 1968 (age 48) Ridgefield, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	College of William and Mary
Occupation	Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Christa Miller (1999–present) Megyn Price (divorced)

William Van Duzer "Bill" Lawrence IV (born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of the series Scrubs, co-creator of Cougar Town and co-creator of Spin City. He was also co-creator of the short-lived animated series Clone High, in which he voiced the leader of the shadowy figures, and is the co-creator of Ground Floor, which ran on TBS. He has written for many other shows including Friends, The Nanny, and Boy Meets World.

The name of Lawrence's production company, Doozer, is wordplay on his middle name.

Lawrence is a graduate of the College of William & Mary, where he studied English and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. After graduating, his first writing job was as a staff writer on the short-lived ABC sitcom Billy. He then briefly wrote for Boy Meets World (during which he claims to have named the character Topanga Lawrence), Friends and The Nanny. In 1996, he wrote for the short-lived sitcom Champs.

Lawrence's first show as creator was the ABC multi-camera sitcom Spin City, co-created with Champs creator Gary David Goldberg, which originally starred Michael J. Fox as a deputy mayor of New York City. The show lasted for six seasons and won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Golden Globes.