# Andy Robin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Robin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Robin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Robin > Source revision: 1339445421 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American film director Andy Robin Born 1968 or 1969 (age 57–58) Education Harvard University Brown University Occupation Screenwriter **Andy Robin** (born 1968 or 1969)[1] is a writer who worked on [NBC](/source/NBC)'s *[Seinfeld](/source/Seinfeld)*, alone and with collaborator [Gregg Kavet](/source/Gregg_Kavet). Their episode "[The Fatigues](/source/The_Fatigues)" won the 1997 [Writers Guild of America Award](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award).[2] Robin and Kavet wrote and directed the feature film *[Live Free or Die](/source/Live_Free_or_Die_(2006_film))*. This independent film won the Jury Prize for best narrative at the 2006 [South By Southwest](/source/South_By_Southwest) Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 [Seattle International Film Festival](/source/Seattle_International_Film_Festival). They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book *Saving Face – How to Lie, Fake, and Maneuver Your Way Out of Life's Most Awkward Situations*, a humorous guide to awkward social situations.[3] ## Personal life Robin attended undergrad at Harvard and after 18 years in show business pursued a medical degree at [Brown University](/source/Brown_University).[4] He is currently a psychiatrist.[5] ## Work on *Seinfeld* - *Season 6 to 8 episodes all written in collaboration with [Gregg Kavet](/source/Gregg_Kavet).* ### Season 4 - "[The Junior Mint](/source/The_Junior_Mint)" ### Season 5 - "[The Barber](/source/The_Barber_(Seinfeld))" ### Season 6 - "[The Jimmy](/source/The_Jimmy)" ### Season 7 - "[The Hot Tub](/source/The_Hot_Tub)" - "[The Caddy](/source/The_Caddy_(Seinfeld))" - "[The Bottle Deposit](/source/The_Bottle_Deposit_(Seinfeld))" ### Season 8 - "[The Fatigues](/source/The_Fatigues)" - "[The Comeback](/source/The_Comeback_(Seinfeld))" - "[The Nap](/source/The_Nap)" ### Season 9 - "[The Slicer](/source/The_Slicer)" (with Kavet and [Darin Henry](/source/Darin_Henry)) - "[The Frogger](/source/The_Frogger)" (with Kavet, [Steve Koren](/source/Steve_Koren) and [Dan O'Keefe](/source/Dan_O'Keefe_(writer))) - "[The Puerto Rican Day](/source/The_Puerto_Rican_Day)" (with Kavet, Koren, O'Keefe, [Alec Berg](/source/Alec_Berg), [Jennifer Crittenden](/source/Jennifer_Crittenden), [Spike Feresten](/source/Spike_Feresten), [Bruce Eric Kaplan](/source/Bruce_Eric_Kaplan), [David Mandel](/source/David_Mandel), and [Jeff Schaffer](/source/Jeff_Schaffer)) ## Awards - 1997 [Writers Guild of America Award](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award) for [best television comedy](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television%3A_Episodic_Comedy) (*[The Fatigues](/source/The_Fatigues)*) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lemire, Christy (March 17, 2006). "Former 'Seinfeld' Writers Keep It Funny, Produce Winning Film". *[The Pensacola News Journal](/source/The_Pensacola_News_Journal)*. [The Associated Press](/source/The_Associated_Press). p. 4B. Kavet and Robin, both 37... 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Emmys.com – Andy Robin won comedy series award"](http://www.emmys.com/bios/andy-robin). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Saving Face](http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Face/Andy-Robin/9780689878909), Simon & Schuster, 192 pages, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689878909](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689878909), May 2005 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Back to School, After a Career in Comedy](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/716412), Andrew E. Robin, February 11, 2010 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Andrew Robin LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-robin-3868a1153/) ## External links - [Andy Robin](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732165/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy 1960s Dorothy Cooper for "Margaret's Old Flame" (1960) Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "The Shoplifters" / Martin Ragaway for "My Husband Is the Best One" (1964) Carl Kleinschmitt & Dale McRaven for " Br-room, Br-room"(1965) Jack Winter for "You Ought To Be In Pictures" (1966) Marvin Marx & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone for "Movies Are Better Than Ever" (1967) Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "Viva Smart" (1968) Allan Burns for "Funny Boy" (1969) 1970s Richard DeRoy for "The Valediction" (1970) Martin Cohan for "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary" (1971) Larry Gelbart for "Chief Surgeon Who?" (1972) Robert Schiller & Robert Weiskopf for "Walter's Problem" (1973) Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks for "O.R." (1974) James Fritzell & Larry Gelbart & Everett Greenbaum for "Welcome to Korea" (1975) Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976) Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin for "Archie Gets the Business" (1977) Gary David Goldberg for "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1978) Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox for "Are You Now, Margaret?" / Ken Estin for "The Reluctant Fighter" (1979) 1980s Dennis Koenig & Gene Reynolds for "Heal Thyself" (1980) Nat Mauldin for "Stormy Weather" (1981) Stephen Neigher & Tony Sheehan for "Hunger Strike" (1982) David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "The Boys in the Bar" / Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983) Michael J. Weithorn for "Sumner's Return" (1984) Glenn Gordon Caron for "Pilot" (Moonlighting) / Elias Davis & David Pollock for "Madison Avenue Madness" (1985) Bob Randall for "Allie's Affair" (1986) Jay Tarses for "Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" / Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" / Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" (1987) Carol Black & Neal Marlens for "My Father's Office" (1988) Todd W. Langen for "Coda" (1989) 1990s Diane English for "Brown Like Me" (1990) David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "Rat Girl" (1991) Diane English & Korby Siamis for "Uh-Oh: Part II" (1992) Larry David for "The Contest" (1993) Larry David & Lawrence H. Levy for "The Mango" (1994) Joe Keenan for "The Matchmaker" (1995) David Mandel for "The Pool Guy" (1996) Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin for "The Fatigues" (1997) Rob Greenberg for "Frasier's Imaginary Friend" (1998) Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999) 2000s Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd for "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" (2000) Philip Rosenthal for "Italy" (2001) Bob Daily & Lori Kirkland & Dan O'Shannon for "Rooms with a View" (2002) Bob Daily for "No Sex, Please, We're Skittish" (2003) Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Pier Pressure" / Neil Thompson for "Ida's Boyfriend" (2004) Jenji Kohan for "You Can't Miss the Bear" (2005) Steve Carell for "Casino Night" (2006) Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur for "The Job" (2007) Andrew Guest & John Riggi for "Succession" (2008) Robert Carlock for "Apollo, Apollo" / Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (2009) 2010s Robert Carlock for "When It Rains, It Pours" (2010) Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (2011) Elaine Ko for "Virgin Territory" (2012) Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock for "Hogcock!" (2013) Louis C.K. for "So Did the Fat Lady" (2014) Clay Tarver for "Sand Hill Shuffle" (2015) Robert Carlock for "Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!" (2016) Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally for "Rosario's Quinceañera" (2017) Alec Berg & Bill Hader for "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" (2018) Liz Feldman for "Pilot" (Dead to Me) (2019) 2020s Tony McNamara for "The Great" (2020) Tony McNamara for "Alone at Last" (2021) Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for "The One, The Only" (2022) Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman for "Escape from Shit Mountain" (2023) Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for "Bulletproof" (2024) John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley, and Danny R. McBride for "Prelude" (2025) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National Czech Republic Poland This article about a United States film director is a stub. 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