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Steve Levitan        

Co-Creator, Executive Producer of ABC's Modern Family

Modern Family Co-Creator and Executive Producer Steven Levitan has been writing, producing, directing and creating television comedies for almost twenty years. His credits also include: Just Shoot Me (Creator), Wings, Frasier, The Larry Sanders Show, Greg The Bunny, as well as several comedies he swears never happened.

A Chicago native and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism, Levitan's honors include three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, two Writers Guild Awards, two Humanitas Prizes and a Television Critics Association Award. He worked as a WKOW-TV on-air news reporter and morning anchorman in Madison, Wisconsin and as a copywriter at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. Steven came to Hollywood in 1989 after selling a script for an episode of "The Wonder Years".

Raised in Chicago, Illinois, and raised Jewish, Levitan is married to wife Krista. Together they have two daughters, Hannah and Alexandra, and a son, Nathaniel, nicknamed "Griffin". He and his family currently live in Brentwood, California.

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'Modern Family' Co-Creator Steve Levitan: I'd Be 'Happy' If Show ...
"If we played even the tiniest role in helping to defeat Prop 8 and giving all gay people the equal rights they deserve, then I'm a happy man," Steve Levitan tells ...
'Modern Family' Creator Steve Levitan: 'We Often Turn to Twitter' (Q&A)
This story first appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine . Producer-director-writer Steve Levitan, co-creator of the Emmy-winning ABC ...
Steve Levitan Accepts NATPE Award Honoring Brandon Tartikoff ...
Miami Beach -- In accepting the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at NATPE on Tuesday evening, Modern Family creator and producer Steve Levitan recalled ...

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