Howie Kremer
Howie is writing two features on assignment and developing a TV series with Mike Tollin Productions. For the past five years he worked with Judd Apatow, writing and producing his TV & feature projects.
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Check out Howie’s screenwriting tips about Your Comedy Beat Sheet, and Handling Rejection.)
Growing up in St. Louis, Howie wanted to be like the Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith. After many failed backflips, he decided to become an astronaut instead.
Today, Howie is a comedy writer and director who got his start working under his mentors, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, on the feature Bad Teacher. They eventually gave him his first script on Trophy Wife (ABC). Howie worked as a Writers Assistant on Community (NBC), Hello Ladies (HBO), Trophy Wife (ABC), among other shows, and has since been staffed on Let’s Get Physical (POPTV) and Gigi Does It (IFC), written jokes for The Misery Index (TBS), and did punch-up work on Stephen Merchant’s film, Fighting With My Family (MGM/UNIVERSAL). He was named to the 2019 Young & Hungry List and was a Fox Writers Lab Finalist in 2016.
For the past five years he worked with Judd Apatow on writing and producing his TV & feature projects. Currently, Howie is writing two features on assignment and developing a TV series with Mike Tollin Productions.Â
Testimonials
I highly enjoyed SA’s class with Howie. I learned so much from him about what the process of a writing room feels like, as well as, the process of what writing a comedy TV pilot entails. Howie was really great at taking each writer’s work and individually comment on it to the point that all of us felt we can use that in our own work. He worked with us in a way that nobody felt pressured or like an amateur. We were all treated as if we’ve been working in the business for years, even though we had many questions! I trusted that Howie only had good intentions for my pilot to work out. Personally, I love SA’s classes and feel so confident, as a student, knowing that all the instructors are working writers and will offer advice and suggestions based on what is current. I have recommended so many friends for the classes and I look forward to studying with SA in the near future, and to contributing my future writing jobs to you! :)
Howie was equal parts, teacher, mentor, and friend. His teaching style is warm and conversational, and each lesson was memorable because it was chock-full of advice and humor. The best part is that after the course, Howie remained a resource, helping with guidance and counsel.
He’s a great teacher but also a superb human being.
I took a class with a guy who had a ‘there are no rules, it’s art’ mentality, which—I mean, it killed me! So, I signed up for Howie’s TV Pilot Lab mostly for the deadlines/accountability. But week after week, I’ve left class or read Howie’s homework notes and felt so grateful I signed up. I’ve learned so much about story mechanics and character construction, and I’m obsessed with how patient and responsive Howie is. And how insistent on getting us to do things the right way! Thank you, thank you, thank you! It’s been an absolute joy.