Bill Prady
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Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Prady began his work in entertainment in 1983 at Jim Henson Productions (then Henson Associates, Inc.). This followed a brief career as a computer programmer and partner in a software company.
Working with Jim Henson, Prady wrote a wide variety of projects from episodes of the animated version of “Fraggle Rock” to MuppetVision 3-D, a theme park attraction directed by Henson and exhibited at several Disney theme parks. He worked with the Muppets as one of the writers of The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, a posthumous tribute to the late puppeteer for which he received one of his four Emmy nominations.
Following his work with Henson, Prady wrote for a number of television comedy and drama series. His first produced episode of series television was an episode of “Married… With Children” in 1991; his first staff writing job was on the HBO series “Dream On” in 1995. In 1997 he joined the writing staff of “Dharma & Greg,” rising to Executive Producer and taking over as “show runner” (industry slang for the job that combines head writer and Executive Producer) in 2001.
In 2007, Prady co-created the hit CBS series “The Big Bang Theory” with television veteran Chuck Lorre. He currently serves, along with Mr. Lorre and Steven Molaro, as Executive Producer of that series.
In addition to his Emmy nominations, Prady has received two Writers’ Guild awards, a CableAce award and eight People’s Choice awards for his work as both a writer and producer. He has also been nominated for two additional Writers’ Guild awards and five Golden Globes. His work on “The Big Bang Theory” has been recognized by groups ranging from the Television Critics Association, which twice named the series “Outstanding Comedy,” to the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science, which awarded Prady and Lorre honorary life membership.
For his work with NASA (a storyline on “Big Bang” promoting space exploration), Prady was awarded the Agency’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal, NASA’s third-highest civilian honor.
Prady is also a Trustee of the Humanitas Prize.
He is a graduate of the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and attended Wayne State University in Detroit. He has two children: Stella and Asher.
