Lowell Ganz Biography (1948-)

Born August 31, 1948, in New York, NY; son of Irving (an arts supply executive) and Jean (maiden name, Farber) Ganz; married Jeanne Russo (a research assistant), December 26, 1976; children: Scott, Allison, Simon. Addresses:Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: Writers Guild of America West Inc., 8955 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90048.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, screenwriter, director, actor
Birth Details: August 31, 1948; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Executive Producer
Series
(With Mark Rothman) Busting Loose, CBS, 1977
(With Rothman and Ned Shankman) The Ted Knight Show, CBS, 1978
(And creator with Garry K. Marshall) Makin' It, ABC, 1979
(With Marshall, Ronny Hallin, and Thomas L. Miller; and creator) Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
Herndon, 1983
(And character creator, with Babaloo Mandel) Gung Ho, ABC, 1986-1987
(With Mandel) Knight and Daye, NBC, 1989
(With Ron Howard, Mandel, and others) Parenthood (based on movie of same title), NBC, 1990-1991
(And creator) A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
(And creator) Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997-1998
Television Producer
Series
(With others; and cocreator) Laverne and Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
(With Hal Sitowitz, Ray Irvings, and Jeffrey Ganz) Foul Play, ABC,1981
Television Work
Series
Story editor, The Odd Couple, 1972-1974
(With Brian Levant and Fred Fox, Jr.) Supervising Producer, Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974-1984
Executive script consultant, Laverne and Shirley, 1976
Creator, Makin' It, 1979
Creative consultant, Take Five, CBS, 1987
Television Director
Episodic
(With Joel Zwick and John Tracy) Makin' It, ABC, 1979
Angie, 1979
The Bad News Bears, CBS, 1979
Brothers and Sisters, NBC, 1979
Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
Television Work
Pilots
(With Mark Rothman) Executive producer, The Rita Moreno Show, CBS,1978 (With Rothman) Executive producer, The Lovebirds, CBS, 1979
Director and (with Rothman) executive producer, The Further Adventuresof Wally Brown, NBC, 1980
(With Arthur Silver) Producer, Flatfoots, NBC, 1982
(With Garry K. Marshall and Ronny Hallin) Executive producer, Herndonand Me, ABC, 1983
(With Babaloo Mandel) Creative consultant, Take Five (also known as Kooper with a "K"), CBS, 1987
(With Mandel) Executive producer, Channel 99, NBC, 1988
Television Appearances
Specials
Naked Hollywood, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Laughing Matters, Showtime, 1993
A Day With, Fox, 1995
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 13th Annual Hall of Fame, Showtime, 1998

Interviewee, Laverne & Shirley (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Interviewee, Happy Days (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Film Work
Executive producer, Mr. Saturday Night, 1992
Film Appearances
Stan--the tour guide, Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
Stan, Parenthood, Universal, 1989
Writer #1, Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
TV director, Greedy, Universal, 1994
Lawyer, Edtv (also known as Ed TV), MCA/Universal, 1999
WRITINGS
Television Series
The Odd Couple, 1970-1975
(With others) Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
Television Episodes
Friends and Lovers, 1974
(With others) Busting Loose, CBS, 1977
Walkin' Walter, 1977
(With others) The Ted Knight Show, CBS, 1978
Makin' It, ABC, 1979
Here's Boomer, NBC, 1981
(With others) Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
The New Odd Couple, ABC, 1982-1983
"Boo!" Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
(With others) Gung Ho, ABC, 1986-1987
(With Babaloo Mandel) Take Five, CBS, 1987
(With others) Knight and Daye, NBC, 1989
A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997
Also wrote episodes of Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC.
Television Pilots
Walkin' Walter, ABC, 1977
(With Mark Rothman) The Rita Moreno Show, CBS, 1978
(With Rothman) The Lovebirds, CBS, 1979
(With Arthur Silver) Flatfoots, NBC, 1982
(With Babaloo Mandel) Herndon and Me, ABC, 1983
(With Mandel) Channel 99, NBC, 1988
Knight and Daye, 1989
(With others) Parenthood, NBC, 1990
Screenplays
with Babaloo Mandel
Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
(And with Bruce Jay Friedman) Splash (based on a story by Brian Grazer and Friedman), Buena Vista, 1984
(And with Dan Aykroyd) Spies Like Us (based on a story by Aykroydand Dave Thomas), Warner Bros., 1985
(And with Deborah Blum) Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986
Vibes (based on a story by Deborah Blum, Ganz, and Mandel), Columbia, 1988
Parenthood (based on a story by Ron Howard, Ganz, and Mandel), Universal, 1989
City Slickers (based on a story by Billy Crystal), Columbia, 1991
A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
(And with Crystal) Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
(And with Crystal) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley's Gold (also known as City Slickers II and City Slickers: The Legend of Curly's Gold), Columbia, 1994
(And with Crystal) Forget Paris, Columbia, 1995
Edtv (also known as Ed TV), MCA/Universal, 1999
Also wrote Dance Skins; The Perfect Couple; Over My DeadBody.
Screenplays
Greedy, Universal, 1994
Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
Father's Day, Warner Bros., 1997
(Uncredited) Liar Liar, 1997
Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999
Where the Heart Is, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
(Uncredited) Dr. Doolittle 2, 2001
(Uncredited rewrite) Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Entertainment,2002
Also wrote The Greatest Show on Earth; Kiamesha; Happy Hour; (with Garry K. Marshall) C. Dmias.
Stage Plays
(With Garry K. Marshall) Wrong Turn at Lungfish, off-Broadway production, 1993

Further Reference

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Premiere, August, 1989, pp. 62-64

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