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John Bowman

Writing · Born September 28, 1957 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

John Bowman is an Emmy award winning writer who has been writing and producing comedy for 25 years. He has written for Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, In Living Color, Martin, Murphy Brown, and Frank TV, among others. He created Martin and received two NAACP Awards and a People's Choice Award for his work there.

John Bowman movies and shows

  • Seinfeld1989
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
  • Saturday Night Live1975
  • Miami Vice1984
  • Murphy Brown1988
  • Martin1992
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990
  • Ellen1994
  • It's Garry Shandling's Show1986
  • The Secret of My Success1987
  • The Show1996
  • 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour1989
  • Me and Him1988
  • Heckler2007
  • The Show1996
  • Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike2014