John Altschuler
| John Altschuler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 10, 1963 Carbondale, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television and film producer and writer |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Website | http://www.ternionpictures.com/ |
John Altschuler (born July 10, 1963) is an American television and film producer and writer.
Altschuler grew up in Carbondale, Illinois. He then moved with his family to Cary, North Carolina, later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and co-created the first student produced comedy show on UNC Student Television.
He began his career as a writer for the humor magazine National Lampoon, together with Dave Krinsky, whom he met and began collarborating creatively with while at UNC Chapel Hill, which became a collaboration that continued in the years to come. After selling their screenplays to Warner Brothers, Universal and Studio Canal Plus, they moved to Hollywood and began working as assistant producers for the HBO series The High Life. In 1997, Altschuler and Krinsky became writers on 20th Century Fox’s King of the Hill. They worked there for 13 years and ran the show for the final seven seasons.
In 2008, they formed Ternion Productions, a film and television production company with Mike Judge. In 2009, Altschuler, Judge, and Krinsky co-created the show The Goode Family. In 2011, they executive produced and wrote several episodes of MTV’s return of Beavis and Butt-head.
Altschuler and Krinsky also co-wrote various features, including Role Models, Blades of Glory and Extract. He also produced the Napoleonic War comedy The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard from his script based on the short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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