John Landgraf

John Landgraf
Landgraf in August 2011
Born	John Phillip Landgraf (1962-05-20) May 20, 1962 (age 54) California, United States
Alma mater	Pitzer College
Occupation	TV network executive
Employer	FX Network Fox Networks Group News Corporation
Predecessor	Peter Liguori
Spouse(s)	Ally Walker
Children	3

John Landgraf (born May 20, 1962) is the President and General Manager of FX Network, a position he has held since 2005. TV critic Alan Sepinwall jokingly refers to Landgraf as the Mayor of TV.

Landgraf was born in California to father John R. Landgraf, Ph.D., a pastor, and Barbara Landgraf (née Joslin). When he was very young, his parents traveled constantly, performing as backup singers for the gospel evangelist Rev. Mel Dibble, who was part of Billy Graham Crusades. When he was 5 years old, his mother completed an M.A. in social work and his father completed his PhD in family counseling. In 1969, when he was 7 years old, his parents divorced.

After spending much of his childhood moving, Landgraf spent his high school years in Oakland, California, and graduated from Skyline High in 1980.

In 1984, Landgraf received a B.A. in Anthropology from Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges.

During and after college, Landgraf did an internship, worked in sales and eventually worked on the production side of the video production company J-Nex Media, a Los Angeles company that made commercial and industrial video.

In 1988, Landgraf was Director of Development at Sarabande Productions, where he eventually became Senior Vice President.

From 1994 to 1999, Landgraf was Vice President of Primetime at NBC where he oversaw the development of The West Wing, and oversaw an ongoing slate of popular TV shows that included Friends and JAG.

Landgraf founded the production company Jersey Television with Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. Jersey Television was responsible for producing shows like Comedy Central's Reno 911! and Karen Sisco.