Judd Apatow
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Apatow at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
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| Born |
December 6, 1967 Flushing, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Syosset High School |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Producer, writer, director, actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Mann (m. 1997) |
| Children |
Maude Apatow Iris Apatow |
Judd Apatow (/ˈæpətaʊ/; born December 6, 1967) is a producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and developed the television series Girls, Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared and directed and produced The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), and Trainwreck (2015).
Apatow's work has won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy Award (for The Ben Stiller Show), a Hollywood Comedy Award, and an AFI Award for Bridesmaids (2011). His films have also been nominated for Grammy Awards, PGA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Academy Awards. In 2007, he was ranked No. 1 on Entertainment Weekly's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. He is considered a pioneer of the modern film genre bromantic comedy.
Judd Apatow was born in Flushing, Queens, and raised in Syosset, New York. His mother, Tamara "Tami" (née Shad), worked primarily managing record labels founded by her father, music producer Bob Shad. His father, Maury Apatow, was a real estate developer.
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