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Megan Ganz
Born
Megan Ann Ganz[1]
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)Comedy writer, editor
Years active2006–present
Known forCommunity, The Onion, Modern Family
SpouseHumphrey Ker (m. 2015-present)

Megan Ann Ganz is an American comedy writer and former associate editor of The Onion. She was a writer on the NBC series Community for three years, and in 2013 left to write for Modern Family.[2]

Career

In 2006 Ganz graduated with honors from the University of Michigan, where she was editor-in-chief of The Every Three Weekly.[3] After completing her junior year at the university, she interned at Mad Magazine in New York. Ganz had planned to move back to Michigan after her internship was over, but Mad's editor-in-chief John Ficarra encouraged her to remain in New York and pursue comedy writing.[4] She returned to New York and became assistant editor at The Onion and was later promoted to associate editor.

In 2008 Ganz was featured on an episode of This American Life along with other Onion staff members. An agent from United Talent Agency heard the broadcast and suggested that she move into television writing.[5] In summer 2009 Ganz left her job at The Onion and moved to Los Angeles to become a writer for the Comedy Central sketch show Important Things with Demetri Martin.[6] In 2010, she began writing for the NBC comedy series Community.[7]

In 2013, after the shortened season 4 of Community had wrapped, Ganz joined the writing staff of the ABC series Modern Family.[8]

In 2015, Ganz created and produced an animated action-comedy pilot called "Cassius and Clay"[9] which was expected to be paired with Archer on FXX, but the show never progressed beyond the pilot stage.

In 2016, Ganz announced on her Instagram that she had been hired as a writer for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.[10]

Ganz cites Dave Barry, Louis Sachar, Bill Cosby, Mad, Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson as influences.[4]

Personal life

Ganz graduated from Hackett Catholic Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2002.[11]


Ganz has been dating British comedian Humphrey Ker since 2013. The couple were engaged in late 2014, and married on May 30, 2015.

Filmography

The following is a partial list of television episodes written by Ganz.

Community

Main article: List of Community episodes
  • 2.08 "Cooperative Calligraphy" (writer)
  • 2.16 "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" (writer)
  • 3.08 "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" (writer)
  • 3.17 "Basic Lupine Urology" (writer)
  • 4.02 "Paranormal Parentage" (writer)
  • 4.13 "Advanced Introduction to Finality" (writer)

Modern Family

Main article: List of Modern Family episodes
  • 5.09 "The Big Game" (writer)
  • 5.17 "Other People's Children" (writer)
  • 5.19 "A Hard Jay's Night" (co-writer)
  • 5.24 "The Wedding (Part 2)" (co-writer)
  • 6.02 "Do Not Push" (writer)
  • 6.16 "Connection Lost" (co-writer)
  • 6.23 "Crying Out Loud" (co-writer)

References

  1. ^ "Megan Ganz on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Megan Ganz (January 3, 2013). "Reddit Post".
  3. ^ Van Hyfte, Laura (July 4, 2005). "Court limits student publishing freedom". The Michigan Daily.
  4. ^ a b Singer, Andrew (August 5, 2008). "Inside With: Megan Ganz, Assistant Editor at The Onion". The Apiary.
  5. ^ "Interview: 'Community' Writer Megan Ganz". Feminist Film. February 22, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  6. ^ Konigsberg, Eric (November 2, 2009). "Collecting Headlines Funnier Than This". New York TImes. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  7. ^ Frucci, Adam (March 28, 2011). "Behind the Scenes at Community with Writer Megan Ganz". Splitsider. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  8. ^ Zakarin, Jordan (January 3, 2013). "'Community' Writer Megan Ganz Heads to 'Modern Family'". Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cassius-clay-animated-series-dead-852077
  10. ^ https://www.instagram.com/meganganz/
  11. ^ "NBC's 'Community' writer Megan Ganz, a Kalamazoo-area native, takes writing job for 'Modern Family'". MLive.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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