Billy Kimball: Difference between revisions

He was born in [[New York City]], attended [[Trinity School (New York City)|Trinity School]], and graduated from [[Harvard College]] where he was an editor of the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''.<ref name="A36">{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/node/41272|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224112756/http://www.observer.com/node/41272|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-24|title=Can Harvard Charmer Billy Kimball Make Craig Kilborn a CBS Star? |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-05|publisherwork=The New York Observer|first=Michael|last=Colton}}</ref> He is currently married to the former Alexandra Manuela Vargas Hamilton<ref name="A41">{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/style/weddings-celebrations-alexandra-hamilton-billy-kimball.html |title=WEDDINGSWeddings/CELEBRATIONSCelebrations; Alexandra Hamilton, Billy Kimball |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisherwork=The New York Times | date=2004-05-23}}</ref> and has two daughters and a son.

Kimball began his career writing for the HBO series ''[[Not Necessarily the News]]''. He was the host and [[executive producer]] of the satiric game show ''[[Clash!]]'' and the co-host (with [[Denis Leary]]) of the talk show ''[[Afterdrive]]'' both on the [[Ha! (TV channel)|Ha! Network]], a predecessor of [[Comedy Central]].

As a writer, Kimball has worked on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Cedric the Entertainer Presents]]'', and ''[[Lateline]]''. He has writtenwrote the [[Independent Spirit Awards]] ten times since 2002 and beenserved as a producer on the show six times since 2005.<ref name="A37">{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/spirit/env-et-indie-26feb26,0,6447891.story|title=Still a bit of an indie kid at 20 |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisherwork=The Los Angeles Times | first=Lisa | last=Rosen | date=2005-02-26}}</ref> He has written nine episodes of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and co-wrote eight with [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]]. He was the head writer for the 88th Academy Awards in 2016 and a writer for the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

Kimball was the original executive producer of ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]'' from 1999 to 2001.<ref name="A37">{{cite newsmagazine|url=httphttps://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/157243/The+Late+Late+Show+With+Craig+Kilborn.html?dataSet=1|title=The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-05|publishermagazine=Variety}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>

He has been nominated forwon an [[Emmy Award]] for writing''Veep'' twice<ref name="A38">{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269014/awards|title=Billy Kimball - Awards |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> and won the [[CableAce Award]] for Best Documentary. His ''Simpsons'' episode "[[24 Minutes]]" received an [[Annie Award]] in 2007 for Best Writing in an Animated Television Production.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |title=Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007) |accessdateaccess-date=2009-03-21 |publisher=Annie Awards |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082048/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |archivedatearchive-date=2008-12-04 |df= }}</ref> He won the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Script for Comedy/Variety Special for both the 2008 and 2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517 |title=2009 WGA Awards Winners |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06 |publisher=Writers Guild of America, west |archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://archive.istoday/20120525050852/http%3A%2F%2Fwww://www.wga.org%2Fawards%2Fawardssub/awards/awardssub.aspx%3Fid%3D1517?id=1517 |archivedatearchive-date=2012-05-25 |deadurl=yes |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref> He also won the WGA Award for "Best Comedy Writing" for ''Veep''.

In 1994, he served as a [[Senior management|senior manager]] for the United States Agency for International Development's Market Reform Project in Kiev, Ukraine.<ref name="A36"/><ref name="A40">{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/style/the-night-a-tribute-so-altmanesque.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Motion%20Pictures |title=THEThe NIGHTNight; A Tribute, So Altmanesque |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisherwork=The New York Times | first=Bob | last=Morris | date=1994-05-01}}</ref>

Kimball has a long association with [[Senator Al Franken]]. He was the executive producer of "''InDecision '92''," Comedy Central's coverage of the [[1992 United States Presidential Election]], which was anchored by Franken.<ref name="A38">{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/show/50888/Indecision-92-The-Democratic-National-Convention/overview|title=Indecision '92: The Democratic National Convention TV Special |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisherwork=The New York Times | first=Mike | last=Hale}}</ref> From 2005 to 2007, he was the executive producer of ''[[The Al Franken Show]]'' on [[Air America Radio]] and [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]. He has edited four of Franken's books, ''Why Not Me?'', ''Oh, the Things I Know!'', ''Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them'', and ''The Truth (with Jokes)'', all of them ''New York Times'' bestsellers.

In 2009, Kimball began to appear as a commentator on ''[[TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest...]]'' He is currently the editor-in-chief of the on-line humor magazine ''The Old Yorker''.<ref name="A39">{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-kimball/|title=Billy Kimball |accessdateaccess-date=2009-04-06|publisherwork=Huffington Post}}</ref>

In May 2013, Kimball was appointed senior vice president and chief programming officer of [[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion]].<ref name="Appointment Businesswire">[http://fusion.net/abc_univision/story/industry-veteran-kimball-lead-fusion-programming-17382 Industry Veteran Kimball to Lead Fusion Programming]</ref> He served as an executive producer for [[The Jim Henson Company]]'s ''[[Good Morning Today]]'' and ''[[No, You Shut Up!]]'' (both shows are under The Jim Henson Company's Henson Alternative banner).

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==ReferencesBibliography==

*[httphttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-kimball/ Kimball's blog] at ''[[The Huffington Post]]''

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