Gregg Kavet Explained

Gregg Kavet
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Screenwriter
Education:	Harvard University

Gregg Kavet (born)^[1] is a writer and director who worked on NBC's Seinfeld for several seasons with collaborator Andy Robin. The team wrote episodes including "The Jimmy", "The Hot Tub", "The Caddy", "The Bottle Deposit", "The Fatigues", "The Comeback", "The Nap", and "The Slicer". The Fatigues won the 1997 Writers Guild of America Award for best television comedy.^[2]

Biography

Kavet and Robin wrote and directed the feature film Live Free or Die. This independent film won the Jury Prize for best narrative at the 2006 South By Southwest Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize in New American Cinema at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. They also wrote the 2005 Simon Spotlight book Saving Face, a humorous guide to awkward social situations.

Kavet grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts, attending Wayland High School and Harvard University. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Work on Seinfeld

All written in collaboration with Andy Robin, unless otherwise noted.

Season 6

• "The Jimmy"

Season 7

• "The Hot Tub"
• "The Caddy"
• "The Bottle Deposit"

Season 8

• "The Fatigues"
• "The Comeback"
• "The Nap"

Season 9

• "The Slicer" (with Robin and Darin Henry)
• "The Frogger" (with Robin, Steve Koren and Dan O'Keefe)
• "The Puerto Rican Day" (with Robin, Koren, O'Keefe, Alec Berg, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike Feresten, Bruce Eric Kaplan, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer)

Notes and References

1. News: Lemire . Christy . 2006-03-17 . Former 'Seinfeld' Writers Keep It Funny, Produce Winning Film . . 4B . . Kavet and Robin, both 37....
2. Web site: Emmys.com – Gregg Kavet won comedy series award.