Carl Kurlander

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Carl Kurlander is an American television writer/producer. He is best known for his extensive work on American teen sitcoms and has served as co-producer Peter Engel on a number of programmes including Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Hang Time, USA High and Malibu, CA and as a screenwriter who co-wrote the semi-autobiographical smash hitSt. Elmo's Fire.

He is co-author of The F Word: A Guide to Surviving Your Family with comedian Louie Anderson, and was featured in Po Bronson's book What Should I Do With my Life?, which landed him on the Oprah Winfrey Show in February 2003. After appearing on Oprah, telling her how happy he was for moving back to his hometown of Pittsburgh.

Trying to help his hometown's film industry, Carl ended up making a movie about his journey home called "A Tale of Two Cities" about the city which built America with its steel, cured polio, and invented everything from aluminum to the Big Mac which is now, like a lot of cities across this country, being challenged to reinvent itself. It is also about whether you can go home again and how hard it is to reinvent yourself. He is currently working as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.

[edit] Trivia

Carl loves cold pizza from Mineo's Pizza House in Squirrel Hill, PA.

He lost the first reality TV gameshow, "3000 Miles, 21 Days, and a Dime" where he had to work his way across country with his mother.

Did not learn to ride a bike until he was 17.

Started his career under the pen name "CK Lander."

For "My Tale Of Two Cities," Carl had people from Pittsburgh sing Fred Rogers' theme "Won't You Be My Neighbor" in Times Square, Beverly Hills, and at The Point where Pittsburgh's three rivers meet.