Marta Kauffman

Marta Fran Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends, alongside David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin Bright. Crane and Kauffman have also produced Veronica's Closet, starring Kirstie Alley, and Jesse, starring Christina Applegate. From 2005–2006 she was an executive producer on Related. Both writers were the creators of the 1990 HBO series Dream On.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family in the Philadelphia suburbs,^[1] Kauffman attended Marple Newtown High School, located near Philadelphia, where she was a thespian and student director of the school play "Our Town" in 1974. Kauffman attended Brandeis University and received her BA in Theater in 1978. In 1984 she married Michael Skloff,^[1] who would later be the composer of the Friends theme song, and lived in Los Angeles. However Kauffman and Skloff filed for divorce in November 2015 after 31 years of marriage. Kauffman has three children:^[1] Hannah, Sam and Rose.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Everything's Relative	Writer	1 episode
1990–1996	Dream On	Co-Creator, Writer (1990–1996), producer
1991	Sunday Dinner	Writer	1 episode
1992–1993	The Powers That Be	Co-Creator
1993	Family Album	Co-Creator
1994	Couples	Writer, Associate Producer	TV Movie
1994–2004	Friends	Co-Creator, Executive Producer (1994–2004), Writer (1995–1996), Extra	Casting director – uncredited
1997–2000	Veronica's Closet	Co-Creator, Executive Producer
1998–2000	Jesse	Executive Producer
2005–2006	Related	Executive Producer
2007	Gifted	Executive Producer	TV Movie
2008	Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh	Executive Producer	Documentary
2010	Independent Lenses	Executive Producer
2011	Five	Creator, Executive Producer
2012	Hava Nagila: The Movie	Producer	Documentary
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Creator, Executive Producer
2015	Grace and Frankie	Co-Creator, Executive Producer	Alongside Howard J. Morris

References

1 2 3 Jewish Journal: "For Kauffman, Making ‘Match’ Was a Blessing" by Danielle Berrin January 16, 2009

External links

Friends

Characters

Episodes

Season 1	"The Pilot" (101) "The One with the Sonogram at the End" (102)

Season 2	"The One with the Lesbian Wedding" (211) "The One After the Superbowl" (212–213) "The One with the Prom Video" (214) "The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies" (218)

Season 3	"The One Where No One's Ready" (302)

Season 4	"The One with the Embryos" (412) "The One with Ross's Wedding" (423–424)

Season 5	"The One After Ross Says Rachel" (501) "The One Hundredth" (503) "The One with All the Thanksgivings" (508) "The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey" (515) "The One Where Rachel Smokes" (518) "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" (519) "The One with the Ride-Along" (520)

Season 6	"The One After Vegas" (601) "The One with the Apothecary Table" (611) "The One with the Proposal" (624–625)

Season 7	"The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding" (723–724)

Season 8	"The One with Rachel's Date" (805) "The One with the Rumor" (809)

Season 9	—

Season 10	"The Last One" (1017–1018)

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