Bill Lawrence (born 1969) is a creator, writer, producer, and director of television programs.

Career

After graduating from the College of William & Mary, Lawrence wrote for hit shows including Friends, Boy Meets World, and The Nanny and produced the animated series Clone High. He is also the creator of the sitcoms Spin City and his current venture, the comedy-drama Scrubs, which has finished seven seasons on NBC and is moving to ABC as a 2008-09 midseason replacement. He is also one of the producers of the rejected television pilot Nobody's Watching. In 2006-07 he was prepping the film "Fletch Won" (which is a prequel to the previous Fletch films), but after Scrubs star Zach Braff dropped out, Bill Lawrence then soon after dropped out as well.

Along with many Scrubs cast members, Bill Lawrence also has a small role playing himself in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in a scene with Miss Piggy.

In a season six episode of Scrubs, Bill appeared as an extra in the coffee shop.

Bill is married to Christa Miller, and they have three children: Charlotte Sarah, born on June 8 2000; William Stoddard, born on January 3 2003; and Henry Vanduzer, born on October 8 2006.

Shows Created

• Scrubs (2001-)
• Clone High (2002-2003) (co-creator)
• Spin City (1996-2002) (co-creator)
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Episodes Written For movies

Scrubs

• My First Day (Pilot)
• My Mentor
• My Nickname
• My Occurrence
• My Overkill
• My T.C.W.
• My Own American Girl
• My Catalyst
• My Changing Ways
• My Intern's Eyes

Nobody's Watching

2005 TV Pilot that was never picked up. (Co-written with Scrubs writers Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan)''

Clone High

• Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand

Spin City

• Pilot
• The Apartment
• Bye Bye Love
• Paul Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• The Paul Lassiter Story
• Goodbye (Part 2)
• A Friend in Need

Champs

• The Loop
• Live and Let Breathe

Friends

• The One with the Candy Hearts

The Nanny

• The Family Plumbing
• Stock Tip

Boy Meets World

• The Father/Son Game

Episodes of TV Directed

Scrubs

• My Dream Job
• My Own American Girl
• My Best Friends Wedding
• My Old Friend's New Friend
• My Intern's Eyes
• My Rite of Passage
• My Missed Perception
• My Transition
• My Turf War
• My Own Worst Enemy
• My Inconvenient Truth

Trivia

• Bill Lawrence is a member of Kappa Alpha Order.

Notes

External links

• Bill Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database