Gene Hong
Gene Hong is a Korean American writer, actor and producer. He may be best known for being in the original cast of MTV's Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Hong graduated from North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Pittsburgh). He graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[2]
[edit] Writing and Producing Career
Hong has developed and sold six television pilots, five with Sony Pictures and producer Jamie Tarses. For the 2012 season, he is creating a 1/2 hour karaoke comedy for NBC, produced by 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment. Hong will serve as writer, and executive produce along with Maroon 5's Adam Levine and Jake Kasdan, who is attached to direct.[3]
In 2007, he served as creator, writer, and producer for the Comedy Central pilot, Held Up.[4] In 2008, he wrote for the ABC half hour television show, The Goode Family[5] and the MTV series, DJ and The Fro.[6] His credits also include NBC's live-action show, Friends with Benefits, as well as the animated Fox comedy Allen Gregory, created by Jonah Hill.[7] Hong wrote a tennis dramedy feature film about the U.S. Open,[2] set for production in spring of 2012, which will be produced by Smuggler Films.
[edit] Personal life
Hong resides in the Hollywood Hills with his close friend, Adam Levine, front man for the Grammy Award-winning pop music group, Maroon 5.
Hong is involved in the non-profit organizations Kiva.org and The Linden Center, a group home facility for emotionally disturbed children in Los Angeles, California.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Wild 'N Out Home Page, mtv.com (accessed February 27, 2007)
- ^ a b Owen, Rob. "TV writer Gene Hong hangs with roomie from Maroon 5", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 6 July 2009. accessed July 2009.
- ^ 'New NBC comedy' at the Deadline Hollywood (accessed July 2011)
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven. "Comedy Central adds Tarses, Grier", Variety, 29 May 2007.
- ^ "ABC's The Good Family". ABC. 2009-04-13. http://abc.go.com/primetime/thegoodefamily/index. Retrieved 2009-04-15.[dead link]
- ^ "MTV's DJ and The Fro". MTV. 2009-06-02. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dj_and_the_fro/series.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ Friends With Benefits at the Internet Movie Database (accessed December 2010)
- ^ "Kiva Blog", kivanews.blogspot.com. accessed March 2007.
[edit] External links
- Gene Hong at the Internet Movie Database
