Rob Lotterstein is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written and produced for numerous television sitcoms including Boy Meets World, Suddenly Susan, Ellen and Will & Grace, as well as serving as creator and executive producer of the FOX sitcom The War at Home. Lotterstein also served as executive producer on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up.
Early life Lotterstein was born in Roslyn, New York and raised in the Jewish faith. He graduated from George Washington University with a degree in marketing and went on to earn a master's degree in advertising from Northwestern University.
Career Lotterstein began his career writing commercials before landing his first job as a staff writer for HBO's Emmy Award winning show Dream On. It was during his time writing for the show Dream On that Lotterstein first began working with Ellen Idelson, who would become his writing partner for nearly the next 10 years until her death in 2003. Some of his notable writing/producing credits include The Nanny, Boy Meets World, Suddenly Susan, Ellen, Will & Grace and Darren Star's Grosse Pointe. Lotterstein was the creator, writer, and executive producer of the show The War At Home for which he was nominated for a GLAAD Award as well as The Humanitas Prize. In 2010, he made a cameo on the FOX animated series Family Guy providing the voice of a CBS executive trying to "refine" Brian's script for a television pilot. Lotterstein used to serve as the executive producer of the Disney Channel's dance-driven sitcom Shake It Up!.
Personal life Lotterstein is openly gay, and currently lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Phil Oster.
Filmography
Television Year Title Credited asNotes 2015–2018 K.C. Undercover Executive producer / Show Runner/ teleplay 2010–2013 Shake It Up Executive producer / show runner/ writer 2010 Family Guy Actor - Role: Television Executive (voice) Episode 8.15: "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" 2005–2007 The War at Home Creator / Show runner/ Executive producer 2005 The Bad Girl's Guide Co-executive producer / writer 2004 The Big House Co-executive producer / writer 2003 Sixteen to Life Creator / executive producer Unaired pilot 2001 Danny Co-executive producer 2000–2001 Grosse Pointe Supervising producer / writer 1999–2000 Suddenly Susan Producer / writer 1999–2000 Will & Grace Writer 1999 Working Co-producer 1998 Holding the Baby Writer 1997–1998 Boy Meets World Writer / executive story editor 1996–1997 Ellen Writer 1995–1996 Caroline in the City Writer 1995 The Nanny Writer 1995 Dream On Writer
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