Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow is an American screenwriter from New York. Judd comes from a Jewish family. His father worked in real estate, his mother worked in the comedy club of Southampton. Apatow has a younger sister Mia and an older brother Robert. His parents decided to divorce when he was twelve years old. Judd lived with his father and visited his mother on weekends. Both parents recognized and supported his fascination with comedy. The hero of Apatow’s childhood was actor Steve Martin. In 1985, after completing more

Judd Apatow is an American screenwriter from New York.

Judd comes from a Jewish family. His father worked in real estate, his mother worked in the comedy club of Southampton. Apatow has a younger sister Mia and an older brother Robert. His parents decided to divorce when he was twelve years old. Judd lived with his father and visited his mother on weekends. Both parents recognized and supported his fascination with comedy. The hero of Apatow’s childhood was actor Steve Martin.

In 1985, after completing high school, he moved to Los Angeles, enrolling in the writing faculty of the University of Southern California. There he met Adam Sandler, they shared an apartment. During and after training, he performed in the genre of stand-up, then began to compose jokes for other comedians. Judd met such actors as John Lovetz, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson He began writing and producing comedy programs on television.

Subsequently, Apatow continued to write scripts for television, writing jokes for stars who performed in comedy projects. After he shot the picture “Forty-year-old virgin” and wrote the script for the film “A little pregnant”, Judd finally managed to establish himself in the cinema. In 1993, his manager introduced him to Harry Standling, who hired him to work on the Larry Sanders Show. Judd Apatow worked on the show for five years, until it ended in 1998. He earned six Emmy nominations for his work on the Larry Sanders Show. Over the following years, he continued to work actively in film and television, writing scripts for the films “Cableman”. "Basketball fever" . Later, he became a director and independently shot films according to his own scripts.

Apatow is married to Leslie Mann, the couple have two children.