Dave Krinsky
| Dave Krinsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Krinsky February 27, 1963 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television and film producer and writer |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Website | http://www.ternionpictures.com/ |
David "Dave" Krinsky (born February 27. 1963) is an American television and film producer and writer.
Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He then moved with his family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida as a teen, later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and co-created the first student produced comedy show on UNC Student Television.
Krinsky began his career as a writer for the humor magazine National Lampoon, together with John Altschuler, whom he met and began collarborating creatively with while at UNC Chapel Hill, which became a collaboration that continued in the years to come. After selling their screenplays to Warner Brothers, Universal and Studio Canal Plus, they moved to Hollywood and began working as assistant producers for the HBO series The High Life. In 1997, Altschuler and Krinsky became writers on 20th Century Fox’s King of the Hill. They worked there for 13 years and ran the show for the final seven seasons.
In 2008, they formed Ternion Productions, a film and television production company with Mike Judge. In 2009, Krinsky, Judge, and Altschuler co-created the show The Goode Family. In 2011, they executive produced and wrote several episodes of MTV’s return of Beavis and Butt-head.
Altschuler and Krinsky also co-wrote various features, including Blades of Glory and Extract, of which Krinsky also served as an associate producer.
In 2013, Altschuler, Judge, and Krinsky co-created the HBO series Silicon Valley. In addition, they are working on an animated Woody Woodpecker feature. They are also writing and producing Brigadier Gerard, a feature with Steve Carell attached to play Brigadier Gerard and Ricky Gervais attached to play Napoleon.
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