Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and showrunner. He is best known for creating the sitcoms Superstore, American Auto, and St. Denis Medical. His other credits include Scrubs, Courting Alex, and The Office.
Career Spitzer was an assistant on the sitcom Grounded for Life and on fourteen episodes of the American adaptation of Queer as Folk. From 2008 to 2013, he was a writer and producer for the American adaptation of The Office. In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired.
He created the workplace sitcom Superstore, starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, which had a midseason premiere on NBC in 2015. He served as showrunner for three seasons before stepping down in 2019 while signing a multi-year deal with NBC and Universal Television. The series continued to run for three more seasons after Spitzer's departure.
In 2020, NBC ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy American Auto. The series premiered in 2021 and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023. In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television.
Personal life On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe.
He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Communication in 1999.
Credits
Producing +TelevisionYearTitleNotes 2005–2013 The Officeco-executive producer 2014 Mulaney 2015–2021 Superstoreexecutive producer, also creator 2021–2023 American Auto 2024– St. Denis Medical +Television MovieYearTitleNotes2013Holding Patternsexecutive producer
Writing +FilmsYearTitleNotes2006What Are the Odds?short film +TelevisionShowEpisode TitleSeasonAir DateNotesScrubs"My Butterfly"3March 16, 2004Committed"The Snap Out of it Episode"1February 1, 2005Courting Alex"Birthday"March 6, 2006The Office"Back from Vacation"3January 4, 2007"Product Recall"April 26, 2007 co-written with Brent Forrester"Did I Stutter?"4May 1, 2008"Moroccan Christmas"5December 11, 2008"Michael Scott Paper Company"April 9, 2009"Shareholder Meeting"6November 19, 2009"Body Language"April 29, 2010"Costume Contest"7October 28, 2010"Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager"May 12, 2011"Garden Party"8October 13, 2011"Angry Andy"April 19, 2012The Money Pit"Pilot"1unairedMulaney"Patriot Acts"1November 23, 2014Superstore"Pilot"1November 30, 2015"Shots and Salsa"November 30, 2015"Tornado"2May 4, 2017"Grand Re-Opening"3September 28, 2017"Town Hall"May 3, 2018 Story credit"Employee Appreciation Day"4May 16, 2019"All Sales Final"6March 25, 2021Story creditAmerican Auto"Pilot"1December 13, 2021"White Van"December 13, 2021"Profile"March 8, 2022co-written with Eric Ledgin"Crisis"2January 24, 2023St. Denis Medical "Welcome to St. Denis"1 November 12, 2024 "People Just Say Stuff Online" February 4, 2025 + Television MovieYearTitleNotes2013Holding Patternsalso credited as creator
Directing +ShowEpisode titleSeasonAir date NotesSuperstore"Employee App"5February 20, 2020
Nominations +TelevisionYearAssociationCategoryWorkResultCredited AsRef.2009Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Comedy SeriesThe Office Producer2010 2011 Supervising Producer 2022 Writers Guild of America Award Episodic Comedy Superstore Teleplay
References
External links
Justin Spitzer on Twitter