Dan Schneider is an American screenwriter, actor and producer, behind whom is the creation of such youth series as “Sundries”, “All the best in you”, “Amanda Show”, “Drake and Josh”, “iCarly” and others.
short biography
Little information is available about Dan Schneider’s childhood, youth and personal life. It is known that he was born in 1966 in the city of Memphis, located in the southwestern part of Tennessee.
He graduated from Harvard University. But after the first semester, he decided to return to Memphis to repair computers. And after a while he moved to Los Angeles with the goal of devoting himself entirely to the film industry.
Actor career
The first films with Dan Schneider came out back in the 80s. We are talking about Dorian Walker’s melodrama “How to Graduate from School” (1984), a romantic comedy about teenagers with John Cusack starring in “Better to Die” (1985), John Robins’s comedy “Hot Resort” (1985) and Mel Damsky’s youth comedy “ Happy Together ”(1989). Mr. Schneider also played the role of Dennis Blenden in the American series “The Head of the Class”, broadcast on ABC from 1986 to 1991.
In 1994, Dan got the role of Sean Eckhart in the television sports drama Tonya and Nancy: The inside story. He is also known for his miniature appearances in such projects as “Sundries” (1994-2005), “Great Hamburger” (1997), “Amanda Show” (1999-2002), etc. We can say that this is Dan’s complete filmography Schneider, but only as an actor. After all, his main work was writing scripts.
Scenario career
In 1988, at the second annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards event, Dan met with Albi Hecht, Nickelodeon Channel Representative. And when in 1993 he became president of the entire network, he invited Schneider to work on a new show called "Sundries." And after writing the script for the first episode, Dan also became the executive producer of the series. True, at the end of the fourth season he had to abandon the project in favor of the new project "Amanda Show". But when in 2001 the question arose of closing it, Dan again returned to the multi-part comedy "All sorts of stuff", on which he worked until the final tenth season.
The next project, which Dan Schneider worked on, was the American teenage series "Kenan and Kel" (1996-2000) about two friends who, by the stupidity of one of them, constantly become heroes of difficult situations. He was the screenwriter of this sitcom for two seasons and even became a guest star in one of the episodes. The series was positively received by film critics, and at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards received the award “Favorite Television Show”.
In 1998, Schneider left the walls of Nickelodeon and began work on the American multi-part comedy Guys Like Us (1998-1999) for another network (UPN). But after a few episodes, it became clear that the show has no future and after the first season the channel decided to close it.
While working on the youth series "All the best in you" (2002-2006) for another television network (Warner Bros), Dan Schneider again wrote the script for Amanda Bynes, known for the project "The Amanda Show." The plot focuses on two sisters who, after leaving their father in Japan, had to adapt to each other again. The series was once nominated for several awards, but, unfortunately, the creators, did not win a single award.
Nickelodeon again
In 2004, Schneider returned to Nickelodeon with the new comedy film "Drake and Josh" (2006) about two brothers who got into big trouble right after they took their sister to Los Angeles. And a year later he launched the American teenage series "iCarly" (2007-2012). The sitcom tells about a young girl named Carly, who created a channel on the Internet, so that everyone could drop their home clips there. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the project received a positive rating from users. Therefore, he lasted for six seasons and earned several prestigious awards.
Along with the iCarly series, Dan Schneider worked on the dramatic comedy Victoria Winner, which premiered in 2010. This is a story about a girl who entered the prestigious Hollywood school of art, where spoiled students are ready for any action for the sake of popularity. The series has won several awards in the nomination “Favorite Television Show”.
In 2013, a new project created by Dan Schneider appeared on television. The multi-part family comedy “Sam and Kat” (2013-2014) tells about the adventures of two best girlfriends who decided to start their own business to care for other people's children. At first, only 20 episodes were planned, but then, when the ratings crawled up, their number was increased to 35 episodes. True, due to the conflict of the main character (Jennette McCardy) with the leadership of the Nickelodeon network, things did not get further than the first season.
