Justin Spitzer

Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and creator whose credits include Scrubs and Courting Alex. He worked as a writing assistant on Queer as Folk and Grounded for Life prior to serving as a writer on The Office (U.S. version) for seven years.[1][2][3][4] He is the creator of, and an executive producer on, the NBC sitcom Superstore, having previously served as the series' showrunner for its first three seasons.[4][5]

Justin Spitzer
OccupationWriter • Producer
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
Jenna Bans (m. 2007)
Children2

Personal life

On November 24, 2007 he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children Lucy and Phoebe.[6]

Career

Spitzer was an assistant on Grounded for Life, and on fourteen episodes of Queer as Folk.[7] In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired.[8][9] He is the creator, showrunner and executive producer for the NBC sitcom Superstore.

On January 23, 2020, Spitzer wrote a script for the pilot episode of a new NBC comedy American Auto for Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television.[10]

Credits

Producing
Television
Year Title Notes
2012–2013 The Office co-executive producer
2014 Mulaney
2015–present Superstore executive producer
Television Movie
Year Title Notes
2013 Holding Patterns executive producer

Writing
Films
Year Title Notes
2006 What Are the Odds? short film
Television
Show Episode Title Season Air Date Notes
Scrubs "My Butterfly" 3 March 16, 2004
Committed "The Snap Out of it Episode" 1 February 1, 2005
Courting Alex "Birthday" March 6, 2006
The Office "Back from Vacation" 3 January 4, 2007
"Product Recall" April 26, 2007 co-written with Brent Forrester
"Did I Stutter?" 4 May 1, 2008
"Moroccan Christmas" 5 December 11, 2008
"Michael Scott Paper Company" April 9, 2009
"Shareholder Meeting" 6 November 19, 2009
"Body Language" April 29, 2010
"Costume Contest" 7 October 28, 2010
"Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager" May 12, 2011
"Garden Party" 8 October 13, 2011
"Angry Andy" April 19, 2012
The Money Pit "Pilot" 1 unaired
Mulaney "Patriot Acts" 1 November 23, 2014
Superstore "Pilot" 1 November 30, 2015
"Shots and Salsa" November 30, 2015
"Tornado" 2 May 4, 2017
"Grand Re-Opening" 3 September 28, 2017
"Town Hall" May 3, 2018 Story credit
"Employee Appreciation Day" 4 May 16, 2019
Television Movie
Year Title Notes
2013 Holding Patterns also credited as creator

Directing
Show Episode title Season Air date Notes
Superstore "Employee App" 5 February 20, 2020

Nominations
Television
Year Association Category Work Result Credited As Ref.
2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series The Office Nominated Producer [11]
2010
2011 Supervising Producer

References
  1. "Justin Spitzer". IMDb. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. "(article title missing)". Newsweek, Volume 149, Issues 14-26. p. 64. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  3. Dellecese, Dave (November 1, 2007). "A peek at the Utica Branch of NBC's "The Office"". WKTV. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  4. "Justin Spitzer". NBC Universal Media Village. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  5. McLevy, Alex. "Showrunner Justin Spitzer quits his Superstore". News. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  6. Spitzer, Justin (March 3, 2016). "My wife @jennabans show @thefamily airs tonight ABC 9:00 EST. It's just like #Superstore but with abducted children and no store. Pls watch!". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  7. Ferreira, Johanna (January 15, 2016). "Get to Know the Man Behind the Best Golden Globes Joke". vivala.com. Vivala. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  8. Andreeva, Nellie (October 4, 2013). "NBC Developing Comedy Based On Movie 'The Money Pit' With Justin Spitzer, Amblin". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  9. Blacker, Ben (March 8, 2018). "Episode 23 - The Money Pit written by Justin Spitzer". maximumfun.org. Dead Pilots Society. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  10. Andreeva, Nellie (January 23, 2020). "Jim Jefferies-Suzanne Martin Comedy, Justin Spitzer's 'American Auto' Get NBC Pilot Orders". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  11. "Justin Spitzer". emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved January 11, 2019.


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