Kevin S. Bright (born 1955) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include Friends and Joey. Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is sometimes difficult to define clearly. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...

Originally from New York City, Kevin started his life around show business under his father Jackie Bright. After graduating magna cum laude from Emerson College, he worked in New York with the Joseph Cates Company where he produced specials for George Burns, Johnny Cash, David Copperfield and Dolly Parton. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), was an American comedian and actor. ... Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... A press photo of David Copperfield copyright David Copperfield David Copperfield (born September 16, 1956 as David Seth Kotkin) is a renowned Jewish-American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of spectacular illusions and storytelling. ... Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer, author and actress. ...

After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, he started work in comedy programming such as The History of White People in America and comedy specials starring Robin Williams, Martin Mull, Harry Shearer, Paul Shaffer and Merrill Markoe. For other people named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... Martin Mull Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, recording artist, and painter from Chicago. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943, Los Angeles, California) is an American comedic actor and writer who began his career as a child actor in 1950s movies (The Robe) and television (The Jack Benny Program). ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born Jewish-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer. ... Merrill Markoe is an author, a television writer and a sometime stand up comedian. ...

In 1993, Bright entered a partnership with Marta Kauffman and David Crane to form Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and began a development deal with Warner Brothers Television to produce the comedy series Friends. Marta Kauffman created the TV series Friends with David Crane and is the executive producer of that show along with David Crane and Kevin S. Bright. ... David Crane (born August 10, 1957) is a successful American writer and producer. ... Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions is a production company created by Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ...

External links

• Kevin Bright at the Internet Movie Database