Tom Gammill

Tom Gammill
Tom Gammill at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Born	(1957-05-19) May 19, 1957 (age 59) Darien, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Television writer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Sandy Gillis
Children	2

Tom Gammill (born May 19, 1957) and Max Pross (born March 22, 1957) are an Emmy Award-winning American comedy writing team. Together they have written episodes for such successful shows as Seinfeld, The Critic, The Wonder Years, It's Garry Shandling's Show, and Monk. They have also worked as producers on The Simpsons and Futurama.

Max Pross is married to Mira Velimirovic and has two children: Milena) and Isaac. Tom Gammill is married to Sandy Gillis and has two children: Henry Gammill (born January 15, 1990) and Alice Gammill (born September 20, 1991).

Gammill was born in Darien, Connecticut. He contributed cartoons to Kids, a magazine "by kids for kids" published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then in New York City, from 1970 to 1975 under the co-editorship of Jenette Kahn (later president and editor-in-chief of MAD Magazine and DC Comics).

Pross was born in Boston. He met Gammill at Harvard University, and they started to write comedy sketches together for Saturday Night Live in 1979.

In 1981 they co-wrote Steve Martin's fourth NBC special "Steve Martin's Best Show Ever" with such notable comedy writers as Eric Idle, Dan Aykroyd, and Lorne Michaels. They spent the next few years as part of the original writing staff of "Late Night With David Letterman," and also contributed short films for the show after leaving the staff.