Aaron Shure is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is known for his work on several comedy series, including The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, Lucky Louie, George and Leo, and The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Shure was showrunner and executive producer for season 3 of the TBS comedy People of Earth, but that season was cancelled prior to production.

Career

Television Born in Colorado, Shure regularly performed as an underage regular at Comedy Works in Denver. He graduated from Colorado College with a degree in philosophy and later worked as a karaoke host, street performer, radio commentator and circus clown. After moving to Florida, Shure performed on the streets as a member of Streetmosphere, a character-based improv troupe at Disney-MGM Studios. He also developed skills in improvisational comedy at SAK Comedy Lab.

Shure began his career as a writer for the CBS series George and Leo, and then as a writer and executive producer for the classic CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond for the next seven years. In that time, Shure received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and five Emmy nominations. The show was named 30-Minute TV Program of the Year by the American Film Institute and recognized, along with The Office, as one of the 101 best written television series of all time by the Writers Guild of America, West.

He then moved on to writing and producing for Louis C.K.'s HBO series Lucky Louie, followed by The New Adventures of Old Christine. From 2008 to 2012, Shure was a writer and producer for the hit NBC sitcom The Office, where he earned three consecutive Emmy nominations and three consecutive WGA nominations for TV Comedy Series, plus an additional WGA TV Episodic Comedy nomination for his episode "WUPHF.com." He worked on 99 episodes of the series, but not all his ideas made it into the show: an episode about Michael Scott coming back to the office in a messianic mood after spending the night accidentally crucified to a garage door was never filmed, even though Shure pitched it repeatedly.

Following The Office, Shure wrote and produced for TV Land's Hot in Cleveland. He also created and directed the transmedia series Dirty Work, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, the first time ever the Television Academy had awarded a property created solely for an online audience.

Since 2016, he has written and produced for the TBS comedy series, People of Earth, whose executive producers also include Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels.

Shure and Norman Lear co-wrote en episode of "Notes on Love" for Shondaland and Netflix.

Commentary Shure's radio commentary has aired on WBEZ and NPR and he once appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman during a "Stupid Human Tricks" segment. He has written political commentaries for The Huffington Post and mused about the trials of being an expectant father for Salon.

Personal life He lives in Los Angeles with his two children and actively supports Public Citizen, a non-partisan foundation which says it serves as the people's voice in the nation's capital.

Filmography

As producer Year Title Role2017People of EarthExecutive Producer2017Showrunner 2011–2012 The Office Consulting Producer 2008–2011 Co-Executive Producer 2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine Consulting Producer 2006–2007 Lucky Louie Consulting Producer 2002–2005 Everybody Loves Raymond Co-Executive Producer 2001–2002 Supervising Producer 2000–2001 Producer 2005 Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh Executive Producer

As writer Year Title Role2017People of Earth "Gerry's Return" (August 7, 2017) – Season 2Writer and Executive Producer 2012 Dirty Work Writer and co-Creator 2008–2012 The Office "Baby Shower" (October 16, 2008) – Season 5 "Two Weeks" (March 26, 2009) – Season 5 "The Meeting" (September 24, 2009) – Season 6 "The Chump" (May 13, 2010) – Season 6 "WUPHF.com" (November 18, 2010) – Season 7 "Jury Duty" (February 2, 2012) – Season 8 Writer 2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine Writer 2006 Lucky Louie Writer 1999–2005 Everybody Loves Raymond Writer 1999–2000 Executive Story Editor 1998–1999 Story Editor 1997–1998 George and Leo Teleplay

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Film Result 2011–2012 Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media- Original Interactive Television Programming Dirty Work 2010–2011 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office 2009–2010 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office 2008–2009 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office 2004–2005 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond – "The Finale" 2003–2004 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond 2002–2003 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond 2001–2002 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond 2000–2001 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond

Writers Guild of America Awards Year Category TV Result 2010 Television: Comedy Series The Office Television: Episodic Comedy The Office – "WUPHF.com" 2009 Television: Comedy Series The Office 2008 Television: Comedy Series The Office

References

External links

The Office 'Two Weeks' Q&A with Aaron Shure at OfficeTally